Bankfishing for Springers: Can it be done?

THE REEL HEY_YALL · 02-08-2001, 07:52 AM

I'm sure it can be done, but how can it effectively be done? Can I fish a diver and bait from the bank with a cast and slow-retrive method? What other ways are effective? What kind of water will they hold up in?

Also, Does the Chehalis get a run of Springers?

Timber Man · 02-08-2001, 08:01 AM

hey-yall email me and I will give you some river info...TM

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THE REEL HEY_YALL · 02-08-2001, 08:25 AM

just did.

superfly · 02-08-2001, 08:48 AM

Hey yall, we will talk about this tomorrow night or saturday, don't forget the duct tape!
Peace Superfly

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Trick · 02-08-2001, 09:45 AM

Me and my buddies cuaght and released several springers last year as a by-catch while plunking spin-n-glos along the beaches off the lower Columbia for steelhead. Couldn't keep them off our hooks.

STRIKE ZONE · 02-08-2001, 10:03 AM

That's all we need is a nother redneck on the point at wind river!!!!!.Good luck,
STRIKE ZONE

02-08-2001, 10:19 AM

Plunking spin and glows alone or with
shrimp or prawns does score Springers
on the channel side of Sauvie Island.
You can drive almost all the way to the
Coon Island Marina and there are
several bank spots in the area.

Rick

THE REEL HEY_YALL · 02-08-2001, 10:31 AM

One more redneck? Puh___leez. All dem other fellers ain't nuthin' but posers. Besides, dey ain't from LA (lower Alabama)

and they surely aren't this good-lookin'.

Thanks for the info fellas. I hate plunkin'. It's just boring to me. It may be effective, but it's boring to me...lol At least on a river. Now a tidal spot, it may be fun.

Sand Shrimp · 02-08-2001, 06:23 PM

Yes it can be done.Bobber fishing with bait like you would for fall chinook works good in the deeper holes and drifting eggs and or shrimp is sometimes effective and if there are summer steelhead around you might hook one as a bonus while drift fishing.

RC · 02-08-2001, 07:05 PM

There are a few places in O.C. to fish for springers from the bank. I won't get too detailed because my one bankie friend will get really ******, but just fish around the Courthouse.

eatmebaitco · 02-09-2001, 09:02 AM

To Hey_Yall,
Now when you say Lower Alabama, I think of Okaloosa count, Florida.
Are we on the same page, or does that dog
hunt?

THE REEL HEY_YALL · 02-09-2001, 09:58 AM

Okaloosa county is Florida...just wanna be Alabamians is all dey is.

On the same page though. Okaloosa County is on the other side of the state border from where the farm is.

Jellyhead · 02-09-2001, 10:08 AM

Hey_yall,

You gots any turkeys down there on the farm? I'd love to go down there and rid you of em'. I think I was really 'sposed to be born down there (I've got my bass boat, and love turkey hunting)

Waddya think?

Aaron

THE REEL HEY_YALL · 02-09-2001, 02:18 PM

Dude we have a ton of wild turkeys, even the feathered kind. As soon as the family turmoil settles down, I'll pretty much know how many acres we can hunt if ya ont 2. I haven't killed a turkey in 7 years. I get more enjoyment out of calling them up, plus I like big game hunting better. It's awesome when you have about 80 of them under your stand while deer hunting when they start sparring.

Trout,myster · 02-09-2001, 06:57 PM

Hey-yall- I didn't know there was any other way to catch them. Trolling works, but hour for hour, I hook many more fish off the bank. Drift fish just like steelhead except change your water (not yours...the river!). Look for the deep boils, chinooks like those. Course, you also have to watch out for the private property which is the worst problem. Outside of that, gob of eggs or shrimp and enough lead to bounce bottom in the heavy water.

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Hoosier Daddy · 02-12-2001, 06:52 AM

Hey_Yall: Can I get some Nabs and a Moonpie wit dat??

Jellyhead · 02-12-2001, 02:23 PM

Hey_yall,

Count me in, I'm there. I just don't wanna get caught up in no fueding!!!!! Turkey hunting is a kick! Calling them in is great fun, let me know when you're gonna go down there in the springtime, and we'll get us some turkeys!

Aaron

SteelieSteve · 02-12-2001, 04:27 PM

I catch all my springers from the bank just not in the willamette. Clackamus, Sandy or the North Santiam and I do get fish every year bank fishing. BTW only Salmon I've got in the boat we're fall fish in the bays or out in the charters. Seriously though not alot of fishing off the bank in the big rivers.... tons of plunkers in the columbia and willamette but that is crowded fishing.

SS