saturday springer fishing

Bait O' Eggs · 03-31-2001, 06:57 PM

I had the pleasure of fishing with Waterdog today. You can tell this guy is an engineer, he brought 2 mechanical pencils with him to punch his tag with. [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]

We started off by Coon Island, and worked out way down towards ST Helens. We fished the mouth of the Slough for a while and then up the main Columbia a mile or two on the Washington side. We saw a total of 4 springers caught and hundreds of boats like us with nadda.

We finally gave up on springers and plunked smelt. The sturgeon fishing was fast and furious. It wasnt but a minute or two between fish, we even had doubles on. We ended up with 2 keepers and lots of shakers. We only kept one of the keepers. When we ran out of smelt and switched to herring, the bite just flat stopped. I guess they didnt much care for the herring.

Great day, just springerless. [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]

dgass · 03-31-2001, 07:11 PM

BAit O' Eggs,
Where abouts did you catch your sturgeon, if you do not mind me asking.
DGass

Jeffhead · 03-31-2001, 07:30 PM

Just to add to the Saturday theme I fished with my Dad and a good friend below Catlamet today. Picked up one with an extra fin which was released unharmed (pulling herring) and had 3 big takedowns on Kwikfish that didn't stick, ultrasticky hooks and all. [img]images/icons/confused.gif[/img] I must have been the only one to hook a nate as we saw 8 or 10 other fish caught that all received a swift smack and into the fish box they went. Seems like its getting better.
Good luck and tighth lines, Jeff [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

Bait O' Eggs · 03-31-2001, 08:20 PM

Dgass - We were in channel right near the mouth. Hint:use smelt

Hookset · 03-31-2001, 09:46 PM

Hi Bait, thanks for the report, to bad about the spingerless fishing. Your batting average needs a pick-me-up since your still running a little low. At least your out trying. With all those trips your running the odds are with you. You also should let Waterdog know that he should use a pen when tagging fish. I've been warned by a game officer not to use a pencil. Now that I said this, tried unsuccessfully checking in the regs for this. Couldn't find anything that states you have to use a pen. Maybe he just didn't like my writing. Anyone ever hear of this?

oh well,

hook

[ 03-31-2001: Message edited by: hookset ]

FishinMission · 04-01-2001, 05:19 AM

I have...supposed to use a pen so you can't erase your entries. Hmmmm........imagine that!! I know I've read it somewhere. [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

WaterDog · 04-01-2001, 01:29 PM

Bait your a real piece of work but I won't go to that. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] Had a alot fun on our trip and I hope we can do it again.....well maybe.....

As for the pencil: I have always used a pencil and never has any game cops said a word about it. A pencil is way more reliable than a damn pen. You try and make a pen work when it's 30 degrees outside. [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] At least I didn't have a straight edge or a scale with me. Dividers on the other hand is a different story! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

BTW the Sturgeon is smokin' as we speak. [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

ZaQ · 04-01-2001, 03:15 PM

Just looked got back, neighbors are butchering a sturg and have two springers in the cooler. They were fishing from the bank at Bonneville. They were fishing for sturg and hooked 3 springers. Got two of them to the bank. Hooked 8 sturg and kept one because of the springers they already had. What a day huh?

Jellyhead · 04-01-2001, 05:37 PM

BOE,

Thanks sooo much for the sturg. tip!!!! I took my Girlfriend out salmon fishing today in the channel (which pretty much sucked). We gave up, and fished down by the end of the channel. We got a keeper a peice and lots O' shakers. Thanks for sharing, It made our day. It was her first time catching sturg, and on salmon gear, she had a blast. (Well I had a blast too, but I think she had waaaay more fun than I did):0

Aaron

BillH · 04-01-2001, 11:14 PM

All I can find in the 2001 regulations is on page 8 which states: "It is unlawful to alter entries on tags or licenses and to possess an altered tag or license." I suspect that the "warning" to use a pen was more of a suggestion to minimize temptation to make a future alteration!

CAGEY · 04-01-2001, 11:35 PM

hookset, to my knowledge there is no law stating you have to use a pen to record your catch. I would assume that your pencil has an eraser and that should be enough said. If you are checked again ask the enforcement officer about it. Iam sure he/she will be glad to tell you if it is in fact a law but iam betting on 27 years of experience it is not. If iam wrong you can beat me with a nightcrawler for 15 mins.LOL [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]