Has Anyone heard if anything is going on at Clackamette Park?

[St Helens Fisherman]

i was thinking of going down to clackamette park in the am and was wondering if anything has been going on there or if anyone has heard anything on Big Creek over weekend ..Thanks Garret

[Bait O' Eggs]

ST Helens - I assume you mean Clackamette park at the mouth of the Clackamas. I made a pass thru there Saturday morning to just take a look. The parking lot was full and only about 4 boat trailers. It was a large turn out for the new skate board park they recently finished. A bunch of kids having a great time, I hope their parents drop them off and leave (sort of) when springer season starts, or there will be absolutely no parking for the fisherman. I dont know much about the fishing, I saw nobody at the ramp to talk to. Did see about 6 boats within sight of the mouth of the river.

Hi Garret, welcome to Ifish. Clackamette? I recommend taking some stale bread. ... Ducks. OK, fish? Only a few being caught off Meldrum Bar by the bankies and a very few by boat anglers in the O.C. area. There has been suprisingly decent success, especially by Clack winter steelhead standards in recent years, from about Riverside on up to Bonnie Lure area near Eagle Creek. Driftboating is best. It's just a little low for sleds, unless you knowd the slots up there well. There is limited bank access up the river. The 'Coffee Hole' from the south side of the river is a couple miles below Carver, the upper end of the Carver Bridge stretch up by Clear Creek on the south/parking lot side is ofter good, and fishing the area around Barton Park from the north side is a good area with a few good bank spots that are productive. Some guy like to park near the lower end of Eagle Creek, on the north side before getting to Estacada, and hike down that small river to fish the good holding water off the mouth out in the Clackamas River. Good luck. BTW, as the weather gets warmer in the spring, feeding the ducks after you've fished springers in the morning can have other rewards at Clakamette (and High Rocks); i.e. - sunbathing babes - RT

[Phish_on]

Bring your garbage bag, you'll never get "skunked" on trash!

[ampersat]

fresh from the bar:

just got a report of a steelhead taken on the lower bar. 15lbs and 32 inches as verified by the game warden. he says it's the biggest taken so far on the bar. taken on a pink spin-n-glo with mylar wings with a pink corky backing it. you may not catch fish if you go, but you're guaranteed not to catch anything if you stay at home !

[This message has been edited by ampersat (edited 01-25-2001).]