Where would you go??

Patrick L · 08-08-2006, 08:23 PM

The wife and kids will be out of town Sept 22 - 25. Time to go fishing. So where would you go if you had a few days? Searun cuts on the coast?? Deschutes? Somewhere else? Or is it time for an Ifish fishing trip?

gottafish · 08-09-2006, 12:38 AM

Deschutes steelhead for sure.!!!!

jschainsaw · 08-09-2006, 09:31 AM

Are you crazy... Steelies running on the D

Subtlety · 08-09-2006, 09:58 AM

Drive down to Orleans CA, about 2 hrs from Cave Junction. Go get one of the rooms at the crappy little RV park there for $24 a night and then fish for half pounders on the Klamath.

Average day there is 30-40 fish each starting end of sept and running through oct. Every day or two you hook into an adult steelhead which has been a real kick on my 4 wt.

Tie up some Brindle Bugs, Black and Golden Stoneflies, Mossbacks, and Herniators.

Fish them on the swing with a dry line and mend really hard to get as much sink as possible before it swings so you get the lift like it broke off the bottom.

uhmw · 08-09-2006, 12:03 PM

It is a great time to target central Or lakes. The trout start gorging again after the hot summer slow down and the water clarity also work in your favor with brookies becoming more active. I would work the water around crane prarie any of those high lakes around there produce suprize (big fish)as fall sets in. The crowds have also subsided by this time and the camping options are spectacular.

Capt. Jack · 08-09-2006, 12:08 PM

Deschutes is VERY slow for steelhead right now, but by late Sept. it should be VERY good.

mandinga · 08-09-2006, 12:48 PM

maybe steelhead on the deschutes...

The big fall fish will be pouring in the rivers by the end of september....pouring chinooks.

PM me for an awesome spot patrick...

Patrick L · 08-09-2006, 07:30 PM

Keep the ideas coming! Also, since the fishing will be so good then, it sounds like the perfect time for an IFISH get together.

**busyfishin** · 08-09-2006, 07:58 PM

Go to the Metolious and chase some BIG Bulls. If I am not mistaken the kokane should be spawning about the end of Sept into Oct. I have heard that is the best time to target the bigguns that sit on the bottom and tease you all summer.

Rogue?

AndyK · 08-09-2006, 09:02 PM

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Sept 22 - 25. Time to go fishing. So where would you go if you had a few days?

Late September and October is salmon season for me: Coho and Chinook on a fly.

Slow and Low · 08-10-2006, 05:34 AM

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Deschutes is VERY slow for steelhead right now, but by late Sept. it should be VERY good.

I second this.

Steelie Mike · 08-10-2006, 06:10 AM

Fall is the big fish time of year. Browns staging to spawn, bullies chasing kokes around, steelhead finally make it to the dry side, salmon swimming in for their life long pilgrimage and SRC following them up the river. It is a great time to get out.

Personally I would chase steel, but if you are more of a trout fisherman then I would fish the Met or Owyhee for rivers and CO lakes for browns. By that time of year I will probably be fishing for SRC and steelhead on the Cowlitz. It is the only time worth fighting jet boats on that river.

Chas · 08-11-2006, 09:36 AM

No question about it, the Deschutes or North Umpqua for a little chrome dance would be my ticket and if the Umpqua is too slow the Rogue is a short drive away for some 1/2 pounders.

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Mannlake · 09-01-2006, 03:12 PM

Herman creek is 55 miles from L.O. and fish are being caught

. Davis lake is fun in late Sept, very much so if lake water level is low. The long haul would be down to the upper Klamath Lake...fish the springs near mouth of the Wood. Even better to float the Wood from bridge to bridge (check your maps and you will see what I am talking about) this is best in summer but, still may be productive.

riley · 09-01-2006, 07:11 PM

I would head over and fish the Deschutes River. We were on the Deschutes last year in late september floating from warm springs to maupin and had good success with the steelhead.

Grantspastor · 09-07-2006, 09:55 PM

I typically do very well on the middle Rogue west of Grants Pass in that week on through October for adult Steelhead. We get half-pounders for sure, but in an average year we would hook up 5-10 adults (3 people fishing from my drift boat) in an evening after work. Some years we get jack salmon in appreciable numbers on flies...other years almost none. My point? There is nowhere I'd rather be than the middle Rogue in late September/early October.

C-lice · 09-08-2006, 05:40 AM

And the Umpqua's not slow

. The fish are running bigger just lately, too. Got a 12, a 13, and a 14 last week (As well as several smaller).

Patrick L · 09-12-2006, 12:20 PM

Thanks for all the info. I will probably go to the Deschutes.