stripers in oregon?

[baltz526]

read the term smith river and stripers,what is the deal with striper fishing in oregon, where, when, how.

[Striper Club]

Umpqua, Smith, Coos Bay.... everything that I have heard has been exclusive to guides. I am going to hire a guide down there this year if I get a chance. As far as who and when...I am not sure. The Striper fishery in Oregon is guarded closely.

[Hunt'nFish]

As I understand it, the further south the better. The Smith is about as far north as I've heard'em. As far as when.. winter. What & how.... I have no idea. Except crankbaits are trolled a lot more south. I get the impression from folks that the fishery has kinda gone to the dogs.
Tracker

[shalom]

Years ago there was a great fishery for them in the Umpqua . I tried but never had any luck at catching them .

[baltz526]

in the sacramento river,they catch them on everything, my brother catches them and he can not catch the bottom on a good day.

[lingslayer]

In the words of the tackle suppliers around Coos Bay,...

"Striper fishermen don't talk" Good luck.

Late this fall, try tossing LARGE floating crankbaits at night on slow moving water, like across from of the casino in Coos/N.Bend around the pilings. Let them sit until the splash rings are gone, give 'em a twitch or two and pause,... Then retrieve fast. If they are around the fight will be on!

Jamie

[Steve]

A few years ago there was a short article about Stripers in the Columbia and the Willamette, in the Oregonian, Maybe B.Monroe could help us out. I have to go to North Bend once a month, would like to catch a line side or two, also Denny Hannah used to guide for Stripers.. maybe his boy does also.

[As yet un-named]

I've fished with Denny's son Todd for Sturgeon on the Umpqua. Class act. He does advertise on his website for striper fishing, though I didn't ask him about it when I fished with him. Search for oregon angler and you'll find his website. I too would love to catch a striper and have thought about booking a trip with Todd to learn the ropes. He was invaluable to me learning to fish for Sturgeon on the Umpqua.
ML

[baltz526]

ttt

[iangler]

Yup, Todd is a great guide. I haven't done striper fishin with him, but I will ask him next time I go fishing with him for smallies :wink: I believe the Lower Umpqua has stripers.

[soonerwolf]

don't know anything about striper fishing in oregon but I used to fish one of the best striper lakes in the country in Lake Texoma. Keep in mind this thing is full of stripers so that made them easier to catch but for bigger ones night fishing with topwaters and minnow type baits was very good. Stripers can be very finicky, I know I used to see them surfacing chasing pods of shad and throw a lure into the middle of them and not get a thing. Try this with there close cousin the white bass and you could throw a bare hook in and catch them.
We used to do some diet studies on them and they fed exclusivley on shad in Texoma so I would stick with anything that resembles a baitfish, whatever there is in the Umpqua, swimbaits would be a good choice.

[beetlespin]

Every fall around November 15 I travel to Lake Lanier north of Atlanta and striper fish with my brother Steve, who lives on the lake.

There (and it sound like also in Lake Texoma) the stripers feed in packs chasing shad and forcing them into shallow water, sometimes toward the banks, and then they frenzy feed making the water boil, tail slapping and injuring as many as they can. The guides call them feeding machines.

To catch them Steve’s lure of choice is top water, Zara Spook, (g-finish blue shad) since the action is on the top. And man can Steve walk the dog when the water is churning and the adrenaline is on. He has tried other lures such as lipless hotspots without much luck.

The technique is to wait in an area where the monsters are known to pack feed.... and wait. It's more like hunting. You scan the surface looking for water boils which sometimes can be seen and heard from a mile away. They don’t stay up long so you have to be ready and lucky. When the water begins to churn sometimes you are in casting distance and sometime you have fire up, instant full throttle, and try to reach within casting distance of the pack.

They aren't spooked much when they are feeding. Steve told me once he and several other boats were working a frenzy when a guide blew right into the middle of the school, steering wheel in one hand, rod in the other, and just tossed the lure beside the boat, hooked a monster and handed the pole to his client, all in one continuous motion! Once Steve and I were scanning the horizon and a boil began to brew all around us. It was actually a little scary being in the center of a mass massacre. (I got 5 strikes without getting a hook set and of course he landed one).

When they are not frenzy feeding another technique is flatlining large minnows and some troll large white jigs.

[Sandz]

Its crazy when that happens. It happens like that on the St. Johns River in Jacksonville Florida. Craaaazy fishing! Specially if you are in a GUENUE!!

[Ni!]

There've been a few stripers caught by sturgeon fishermen on the Umpqua recently between Reedsport and Dean's Creek, and there's been some fishing pressure from bankies along the guardrail on the lower Smith, so I assume they're having some luck.

I'm gonna try to get out after them this evening, if I can find the time. I'll let you know if I have any success.

Ni!