so. fork nehalem

[hustlerrjim]

5.2 and falling and time for the big ones to be moving in.
several boats were headed that way so some thing must be up.

[Mad Mikey]

* chuckle *

[Beaver1]

Nice.

[SandyRiverRon]

No South Fork...god how I love out of state know it alls. There is no doubt that Erickson knows more about the Nehalem system then any man alive.

[FishinMission]

I had two uncles who used to own the dairy farm across from the gravel pit on the South Fork. Was a danged scary drive into their place too. I was always terrified as a youngster going there.

Mark

[hustlerrjim]

shot shell!!!
calling the main stream nehalem the south fork is a local way of seperating the flat landers from the locals.
and is still used.by a lot of US locals.
if you think [the flats] were welcome. try hitchhikeing from roy creek to the beaver slide put in.
start early and carry a flashlite.YOU WILL NEED IT
however there is a shuttle service, by bob and mary leighton who live on the SOUTH FORK
503 368 6143 -call before go
get ready for a lecture by bob on the history of the pristine pure wild fish on the salmonberry
THERE WAS A HATCHERY ON THE SALMONBERRY FROM 1910 --1928.
bob or mary will help you enjoy your trip on the south fork
if you need any more help fishing the river call me 503 368 5365

[Fishin Magician]

Hows that west fork of the southern cowlets doooing.........

[FishinTechnician]

Never heard of the mainstem referred to as the So. Fork and I have fished it since the late 50's. I was born and raised in Portland, but the mainstem Nehalem around the mouth of the Salmonberry was a very special place to Dad, me and my brothers. We hunted elk and deer there for years. We were taught how to fish it by Charlie Johnson, who lived at the mouth of the Salmonberry, until he passed away in the mid 70's. My brothers and I would stay with Charlie often during the winter steelhead season. Yes , I remember the old salmon hatchery building that was still standing in the late 50's. When Charlie passed away the place lost some of its mystic. My brothers and I placed a small brass plate near where the old place use to stand commemorating his memory and kindness to us when we were kids and young adults. I suspect that save for the few years I was assigned out on the East Coast, after re-entering the Army in '83, I probably fished it as much as anybody. Caught my first Silver at Cronin Creek when I was nine and a 40 1/2" 25 lb Buck Steelhead there in '73. Lost one years earlier that was several pounds bigger in the Cedar Hole below the mouth of the Salmonberry. Drifted the river many times by boat from the CC Bridge (above the beaver slide) to the gravel pit and from Little Falls to Beaver Eddy. Yes, I have made my share of hikes, but mostly in the upper stretch. Can't say as I ever ran into any unsavory types anywhere up there in those days, but of course things have changed a lot since then...I'm sorry to say for the worse! Back in those days there were a lot of loggers from Vernonia fishing the river and they were some of the nicest guys you could meet, even if you were from Portland.

I have vivid memories of trips made there in my youth that would seem unbelieveable to most fisherman today. One such trip in late Winter we saw what seemed like hundreds of steelhead rolling and flashing in a large pool well above the mouth of the Salmonberry in the mainstem Nehalem (OK the So Fork). I couldn't have been much older than 11 and my younger brother was 9. Those fish were some of the prettiest, brightest and biggest steelhead that could be caught anywhere. The Nehalem was always noted for its heavy bodied fish and those fish were no exception.

Bob Leighton and his wife are friends of ours and my Dad worked with Bob in Portland for years at Union Carbide.

Honestly, I had never heard it referred to as the So. Fork.

[FishinTechnician]

Never heard of the mainstem referred to as the So. Fork and I have fished it since the late 50's. I was born and raised in Portland, but the mainstem Nehalem around the mouth of the Salmonberry was/is a very special place to Dad, me and my brothers. We hunted elk and deer there for years. We were taught how to fish it by Charlie Johnson, who lived at the mouth of the Salmonberry, until he passed away in the mid 70's. My brothers and I would stay with Charlie often during the winter steelhead season. Yes , I remember the old salmon hatchery building that was still standing in the late 50's. When Charlie passed away the place lost some of its mystic. My brothers and I placed a small brass plate near where the old place use to stand commemorating his memory and kindness to us when we were kids and young adults. I suspect that save for the few years I was assigned out on the East Coast, after re-entering the Army in '83, I probably fished it as much as anybody. Caught my first Silver at Cronin Creek when I was nine and a 40 1/2" 25 lb Buck Steelhead there in '73. Lost one years earlier that was several pounds bigger in the Cedar Hole below the mouth of the Salmonberry. Drifted the river many times by boat from the CC Bridge (above the beaver slide) to the gravel pit and from Little Falls to Beaver Eddy. Yes, I have made my share of hikes, but mostly in the upper stretch. Can't say as I ever ran into any unsavory types anywhere up there in those days, but of course things have changed a lot since then...I'm sorry to say for the worse! Back in those days there were a lot of loggers from Vernonia fishing the river and they were some of the nicest guys you could meet, even if you were from Portland.

I have vivid memories of trips made there in my youth that would seem unbelieveable to most fisherman today. One such trip in late Winter we saw what seemed like hundreds of steelhead rolling and flashing in a large pool well above the mouth of the Salmonberry in the mainstem Nehalem (OK the So Fork). I couldn't have been much older than 11 and my younger brother was 9. Those fish were some of the prettiest, brightest and biggest steelhead that could be caught anywhere. The Nehalem was always noted for its heavy bodied fish and those fish were no exception.

Bob Leighton and his wife are friends of ours and my Dad worked with Bob in Portland for years at Union Carbide.

Honestly, I had never heard it referred to as the So. Fork.

[FishinTechnician]

Never heard of the mainstem referred to as the So. Fork and I have fished it since the late 50's. I was born and raised in Portland, but the mainstem Nehalem around the mouth of the Salmonberry was/is a very special place to Dad, me and my brothers. We hunted elk and deer there for years. We were taught how to fish it by Charlie Johnson, who lived at the mouth of the Salmonberry, until he passed away in the mid 70's. My brothers and I would stay with Charlie often during the winter steelhead season. Yes , I remember the old salmon hatchery building that was still standing in the late 50's. When Charlie passed away the place lost some of its mystic. My brothers and I placed a small brass plate near where the old house use to stand commemorating his memory and kindness to us when we were kids and later as young adults.

I suspect that save for the few years I was assigned out on the East Coast, after re-entering the Army in '83, I probably fished it as much as anybody. Caught my first Silver at Cronin Creek when I was nine and a 40 1/2" 25 lb Buck Steelhead there in '73. Lost one fish years earlier that was several pounds bigger. Drifted the river many times by boat from the CC Bridge (above the beaver slide) to the gravel pit and from Little Falls to Beaver Eddy. Yes, I have made my share of hikes, but mostly in the upper stretch. Can't say as I ever ran into any unsavory types anywhere up there in those days, but of course things have changed a lot since then...I'm sorry to say for the worse! Back in those days there were a lot of loggers from Vernonia fishing the river and they were some of the nicest guys you could meet, even if you were from Portland.

I have vivid memories of trips made there in my youth that would seem unbelieveable to most fisherman today. One such trip in late Winter we saw what seemed like hundreds of steelhead rolling and flashing in a large pool well above the mouth of the Salmonberry in the mainstem Nehalem (OK the So Fork). I couldn't have been much older than 11 and my younger brother was 9. Those fish were some of the prettiest, brightest and biggest steelhead that could be caught anywhere. The Nehalem was always noted for its heavy bodied fish and those fish were no exception.

Bob Leighton and his wife are friends of ours and my Dad worked with Bob in Portland for years at Union Carbide.

Honestly, I had never heard it referred to as the So. Fork.

[FishinTechnician]

Never heard of the mainstem referred to as the So. Fork and I have fished it since the late 50's. I was born and raised in Portland, but the mainstem Nehalem around the mouth of the Salmonberry was/is a very special place to Dad, me and my brothers. We hunted elk and deer there for years. We were taught how to fish it by Charlie Johnson, who lived at the mouth of the Salmonberry, until he passed away in the mid 70's. My brothers and I would stay with Charlie often during the winter steelhead season. Yes, I remember the old salmon hatchery building that was still standing in the late 50's. When Charlie passed away the place lost some of its mystic. My brothers and I placed a small brass plate near where the old house use to stand commemorating his memory and kindness to us when we were kids and later as young adults.

I suspect that save for the few years I was assigned out on the East Coast, after re-entering the Army in '83, I probably fished it as much as anybody. Caught my first Silver at Cronin Creek when I was nine and a 40 1/2" 25 lb Buck Steelhead there in '73. Lost one fish years earlier that was several pounds bigger. Drifted the river many times by boat from the CC Bridge (above the beaver slide) to the gravel pit and from Little Falls to Beaver Eddy. Yes, I have made my share of hikes, but mostly in the upper stretch. Can't say as I ever ran into any unsavory types anywhere up there in those days, but of course things have changed a lot since then...I'm sorry to say for the worse! Back in those days there were a lot of loggers from Vernonia fishing the river and they were some of the nicest guys you could meet, even if you were from Portland.

I have vivid memories of trips made there in my youth that would seem unbelieveable to most fisherman today. One such trip in late Winter we saw what seemed like hundreds of steelhead rolling and flashing in a large pool well above the mouth of the Salmonberry in the mainstem Nehalem (OK the So Fork). I couldn't have been much older than 11 and my younger brother was 9. Those fish were some of the prettiest, brightest and biggest steelhead that could be caught anywhere. The Nehalem was always noted for its heavy bodied fish and those fish were no exception.

Bob Leighton and his wife are friends of ours and my Dad worked with Bob in Portland for years at Union Carbide.

Honestly, I had never heard it referred to as the So. Fork.

[FishinTechnician]

Sorry for the multiple posts, but the msg said the board wasn't accepting any new replies.

[Sublime]

wow, Shotshell, I just figured you were very adamant about telling us that. :grin: :tongue:

[FishinTechnician]

There is no South Fork. I think you must be referring to the mainstem Nehalem.

[blackdog]

I love it. Someone from Castle Rock telling 'hustlerjim' how it is on the Nehalem. :grin:

No offense, shotshell, but Jim probably knows more about the Nehalem, including the South Fork, than the rest of the board ever knew.

[hustlerrjim]

shotshell
nice to see somebody that remembers charlie and the work he done.
charlie sorted through the incoming steel head at his hatchery and only spawned fish that weighed 15 pounds or more, that is where we get these huge fish.that are famous on the salmonberry.
the hatcherys are now instructed to take the spawners as they come up the chute.
i have stood there and watched them spawn a runt when a 15 pound buck was thrown into the truck to be hauled to a lake.
this dosen't make sense to me.
maybe its bob buckmans way of making the hatcherys fail.
charlie produced a world class steel head and maybe his example should be followed.
charlie may have passed away but his fish still live on for us to enjoy.
thanks charlie.

[Grandpa Lynn]

Thanks Jim for all your hard work. I really enjoyed the trip last Friday down the North Fork. See you again, soon...

Grandpa