6.1 pounder out of Olalla Lake

Bad Wood 75 · 08-24-2006, 07:28 AM

After seeing the picture of the bass that Lunkerlander posted I decided to go try out Olalla lake on Tuesday night. I was down in Depoe Bay to go out on a charter deep see fishing so my fater and I drove up to the lake. It really is a beautiful lake. When we arrived I thought it looked like a trout lake and wasnt sure if there were really any bass in it. Fished it for about 45 minutes then we decided to walk around the trail to the right of the boat launch. Walked aroun d to the first point on the right with the big downed tree. Tossed senkos and jerk baits, spinners and even some topwaters, but finally decided on throwing out the blue and black jig that Lunkerlander said he caught his big fish on. I had a little cheap one frow walmart that was black and blue and I added a black zoom jig trailer. Tossed it out there and let it hit bottom. Reeled up the slack line and the line suddenly took off. I burried the hook hard and fought the fish for about 10 minutes on my ultra light spinning ugly stick. I left my bait caster in the car because I figured it would be difficult to cast it there from shore. I had 6lb test on my pull and when I pulled the fish up on shore, my line snapped so I jumped on the fish and ended up strateling it with it between my legs and managed to grab it with my hands. Picked it up and put it on my digital scale and it weighed 6.1 pounds. I threw her back so she could go make more little fishies, but I didnt have a camera to take a picture of her. I now am a firm believer that jigs catch big fish

1bigfish · 08-24-2006, 07:40 AM

Congrats on the big fish.

And yes jigs will catch you some big fish.

If you now start to fish with jigs more ofter just keep in mind that it is rare that the fish will "suddenly take off". Most of the time you will barely feel it hit and the bass tend to spit them quick, so if you are not sure and something just feels not quite right SET THE HOOK.(this is just my

on fishing jigs)

tnj8222 · 08-24-2006, 08:52 AM

i havent quite got the jig nack yet they are kinda tough to use.. but i will not give up lol

Lunkerlander · 08-24-2006, 05:19 PM

Congrats man! Black and blue jig must be the thing there. It is a pretty cool lake. I thought it looked more like a trout lake too the first time I saw it.

Super Fluke · 08-24-2006, 05:44 PM

Congrats.

bassexterminator · 08-24-2006, 05:57 PM

for some reason i think your lying

Super Fluke · 08-24-2006, 07:57 PM

Why????????????????????
And you havn't been

. Why would he lie. Atleast he lets his big bass go.

Striper Club · 08-24-2006, 09:55 PM

Quote:

Why????????????????????
And you havn't been

. Why would he lie. Atleast he lets his big bass go.

He was trying to get a rise out of folks in a somewhat ironic manner...pay attention...

bassin'87 · 08-24-2006, 10:38 PM

haha i believe him 10 times more than you about your so called 13lber that you happened to have lost the pictures of. I'm pretty sure that if i ever caught a 13lb(OREGON STATE RECORD) That i would, you know maybe have a few pictures or something most likely a huge framed one and a replica cuz i'd let the fish go. haha what a joke.

Super Fluke · 08-25-2006, 06:09 AM

Quote:

He was trying to get a rise out of folks in a somewhat ironic manner...pay attention...

Hunt'nFish · 08-25-2006, 01:28 PM

Good job BW! Good to see your althetic abilities are still with you.

Hunt'nFish

Dave Smith · 08-25-2006, 06:39 PM

Bad Wood: awesome job and congratulations. NOW: Don't expect to get that lucky again if you continue to fish jigs on a light spinning rod and 6 pound line. All you will do is educate a bunch of fish and kill a few (not to mention birds) with hooks and lengths of line attached to them. Gear up, son, Olalla is too special to be treated this way. Dave

Super Fluke · 08-26-2006, 08:51 PM

Is Olalla Lake a good big fish lake?

Bad Wood 75 · 08-27-2006, 09:14 AM

I hit it again when I was coming back from coos bay. I caught a 2.5 lb LM. It is a lot larger than what I realized. I plan on taking my boat down there some time soon.

New2Bass · 08-27-2006, 10:11 AM

Wow BW you must be a good fisherman you have two over 6 pounds this year. What lures do you fish with? I normaly use a hoola popper and spinners.

fishnfun · 08-27-2006, 07:26 PM

slower retrieve baits, and plastics usually catch the big ones, I personally like the pre spawn, and fall periods to catch the big ones, if you have access to deep sheltered water post spawn can be good also.

Good luck, and welcome to I-fish.

Super Fluke · 08-27-2006, 08:09 PM

New2bass we caught 3 or 4 bass over 6 this year and 6 or 7 more over five.

Bad Wood 75 · 08-28-2006, 06:27 PM

I dont know whats up. I have been catching bigger fish this year. I havent been fishing the same way but I have been experimenting with different retrieves. I have caught the last big one off of a blue and black jig and the one before that off of a red senko. My friend lost a fish out at Vernonia that was about six pounds.

Super Fluke · 08-28-2006, 06:31 PM

What was that six pounder caugt on? Trick worm

Bad Wood 75 · 08-28-2006, 06:37 PM

I caught the six pounder on the blue and black jig witht he black yum fake pork

fish0n · 08-28-2006, 10:38 PM

At first I though you said Olallie Lake

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tnj8222 · 08-29-2006, 07:12 AM

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Super Fluke · 08-29-2006, 07:30 AM

We bolth get the big ones. My dad has the biggest large mouth, it was 6lbs 10oz, but I have the biggest smally in Oregon. I'm looking forward to go in the fall. I haven't gone sence the end of July and I havn't caught one over five lbs sence the middle of July.

tnj8222 · 08-29-2006, 08:10 AM

yeah i saw you had the record!! nice job man.. bet a river smallie that size was one hell of a fight!!! man i havent even been fishing enough this year.. my biggest this year is a sad 3 and a half pounder.. but fall is coming up so im hoping that will change soon :smile:

Super Fluke · 08-29-2006, 09:26 AM

Here is mine and my dad's biggest fish this year.

Good luck this fall, do you have a pic of your biggest fish so far.

fishnfun · 08-29-2006, 02:42 PM

hogzilla.

What lakes do you guys usually go on?

Knot in leader · 08-29-2006, 05:11 PM

Superfluke those are some toads. I thought you needed a $45,000 bass boat to catch fish that big.

Super Fluke · 08-29-2006, 05:39 PM

You don't need a $45,000 boat to catch the big ones. We just have a drift boat and it works fine.

tnj8222 · 08-31-2006, 01:16 PM

oh no not the boat.. its all in skill. luck has to be with you as well!!

Super Fluke · 08-31-2006, 01:57 PM

To get big fish you need to go to the right lake, like silver.

tnj8222 · 08-31-2006, 03:22 PM

very true!! a small lake usually means over crowding, and not enough food to grow quickly.. in alot of lakes its a good idea to eat the smaller ones so the bigger ones have more food to grow!!

Super Fluke · 08-31-2006, 06:32 PM

Lake Vernonia is small and I've hered that people get 6 and 8 lbser.

fishnfun · 08-31-2006, 06:56 PM

I know of a small urban lake that holds at least a couple 5 or 6 lbers

Super Fluke · 08-31-2006, 07:17 PM

The good things about good little lakes is that not alot of people know about them.

tnj8222 · 09-01-2006, 08:48 AM

yeah but you dont hear about 10 pounders coming out of them... every lake or pond has its big fish. chances are in a small lake they wont get over 7... i like to fish all the small lakes in king county (people usually only trout fish in them) like lake boren in newcastle.. i have seen a couple good 6 pounders in there but that lake is 49 feet deep and its tiny! but the fish have lots of room to swim since there is so much deep water structure.. sometimes i want to fish with alot more people here to see what they are really about... i see lots of talk and would like to see how people perform on the lake! were having a silver lake fish in in about a month! who wants to test their skills and see if they can win the big pot?

Super Fluke · 09-01-2006, 04:29 PM

One of the reasons Hagg is so good is because they stock trout in there.