Results: Cast'n Blast Fri-Sun 4/11-13 (PICS INCLUDED)

Hunt'nFish · 04-10-2008, 12:11 PM

Departing PDX late tonight and returning late Sunday. Two & half days of Steelhead action and an afternoon of squirrels. 800mile round trip to NE Oregon.

Looking for two guys to share fuel. I have a big wall tent and necessary camp gear. Just need a rider or two who'd love get in some of the hottest hatchery steelhead action recently seen in some of God's purtiest part of NE Oregon. Focus of course is fish, but I plan to pull off the river Sunday and head for the squirrel fields before heading back home.

PM or better yet page me at 503-204-7524
Or cell: 503-703-6248
Hunt'nFish

Similar deal as this trip: Hunt'nFish Combo

CombinationLicense · 04-10-2008, 12:25 PM

Sounds like a cool trip Hunt'nFish! It's youth turkey hunting weekend though and the kids are chomping at the bit after last weekend's turkey hunting clinic. I hope they tag out early so I can see if there any salmon in the Umpqua before we head home from down south

"CL"

AtItAgain · 04-10-2008, 12:45 PM

Sounds like fun! Make sure you take lots of pictures that we can all drool over.

And don't get stuck.

merrile · 04-10-2008, 02:41 PM

nice, once week to early for me on vacation next week!

tikkahunter · 04-10-2008, 04:58 PM

i'd love to but a buddy is getting married this on sat so i'm out but have fun sounds like a great time

Hunt'nFish · 04-10-2008, 05:14 PM

Headed home now....so call the cell. Gonna be a nice weekend.
Reports of 20fish/day. Hope it holds til I get there.
Hunt'nFish

Ryan Pultz · 04-10-2008, 07:07 PM

DAB Bananman and I will be over in burns blasting rats have fun brother dove over heat that AR barrel rp

Don Becker · 04-10-2008, 08:57 PM

WOW, Mike . . . If I had had some more notice, I would have made a way for this to work. I sure hope someone turned-up to take advantage of this great opportunity and avoud you having to make such a long trip alone. Have a great trip. Don

Hunt'nFish · 04-14-2008, 01:06 PM

Sorry Don. Spur of the moment trip. Nope, just me and the dog.

Slideshow: 2008 Hunt'nFish Cast'nBlast

It was a great weekend. Awesome weather, sunburns, plenty of cold beer, dutch oven meals, a few steelhead and a few squirrels. Over all a good weekend, but do kinda feel jipped on the fishing. My brother got their a day before me and had 17 in a evening & morning bite. I fished all morning up river and fished my way down to camp and....nothing. Seems nobody was catching any up river but they slayed them down below. STORY OF MY LIFE....shoulda been here Yesterday.

Fish #1

Fish 2

Fish 3

Anyway all the warm weather thursday & friday brought up the river a little and the bite slowed a fair bit each day, until sunday it was basically blown out. Did manage 3 fish, so I wasn't totally screwed. Out fished dad and his buddy Saturday, so that made me feel good. Dad's a hell of a fisherman. If I'd only been there a couple days earlier.

Pulled off the river late Sunday morning and headed for the squirrel fields.

(see slide show for more pics)
Overcast and strong wind. Only a few squirrels running around with very little fresh mound diggings. Still early, should be getting good from here on out until the grass gets too high. Made some good shots and shot 4-5 10rd clips and popped 20-30 in a couple hours. Wind was a problem otherwise I think more would've been out and my hit rate would'a been better. But hey, when your fudging 3-4" into the wind, what do you expect?!

So I pulled off the fields & went by Mom's and we went to dinner.
Pulled into PDX a little after 3am Sun.....yawn, yawn.
Hunt'nFish

Limbhanger · 04-14-2008, 01:52 PM

Looks like fun.....nice slide show!!

Mad Mikey · 04-14-2008, 04:29 PM

Good stuff Mike. Thought about driving down to try and find ya' but the rat hunting was too good to break away from!

So, when are you moving back?

Hunt'nFish · 04-15-2008, 07:41 AM

Well you made the right choice.
I'm sure Saturday & Sunday morning there was no wind and they were thick as ticks on a deer's belly.
But it sure was purty down on the river. Deer, Elk, Bighorns, Bear...I'm not complaining.

When my 401K hits 2Mill I'll be headed home. Still a few years away....maybe by 50.
Hunt'nFish

AtItAgain · 04-15-2008, 02:57 PM

Looks like a fun trip. Beautiful country!

Thanks for sharing.

myxxolydyan · 04-16-2008, 12:13 PM

Wow the river looks really nice, and those fish look nice too! Congrats! Can't wait for an August trip to Cow Crick. Blackberries, swimming, and SM bass.

Looks like the weather cooperated with you.

Hunt'nFish · 04-18-2008, 07:47 AM

Why wait? Beautiful down there right now. And....Bear season is on!
Too bad I didn't have a tag.

Hunt'nFish