Sauvie island HELP

Linejerk · 08-26-2008, 08:34 AM

Ok sauvie island duck hunters I need a little help I bought a small boat that I am going to hunt out of a few times this year or at least use to get to some spots on land that I would not normaly be able to get to so my question is were to I put in the boat at to hunt sturgeon lake also is that considered Johnson unit?? Any help would be great thx guys

Eric Strand · 08-26-2008, 08:38 AM

Linejerk,

Are you trying to find a launch for the Johnson unit?? If so, the only available launch would be during high waters on the other side of the dike where the parking lot is located and during low water you would need to drag, push, pull, etc your boat to the water. I hope this helps.

Linejerk · 08-26-2008, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Eric Strand

Linejerk,

Are you trying to find a launch for the Johnson unit?? If so, the only available launch would be during high waters on the other side of the dike where the parking lot is located and during low water you would need to drag, push, pull, etc your boat to the water. I hope this helps.

No I am not trying to find a launch for johnson just for sturgeon lake that is a open area hunt like Rentenaar or pope and so on is it not???

Eric Strand · 08-26-2008, 08:52 AM

Pope and Rentenaar units are land locked so you would need to drag, push, pull it into the water. Good luck this season

Jeremy · 08-26-2008, 09:20 AM

Sturgeon lake is closed to hunting are you thinking of malarky or aaron or mcnary

Hunt'nFish · 08-26-2008, 09:21 AM

LJ, The Gilbert Rvr Launch is the only launch for the eastside......or the McNary Lk launch.
Both are 100yds apart from each other.

Note: you can NOT take a boat inside the refuge markers. IOW's...you can't cut across the lake to get to the other side. Only the Eastside Roaming units are accessable by boat. The westside is a differant story...Mud Lk and Steelman both have launches.
Hunt'nFish

lor · 08-26-2008, 10:13 AM

Linejerk, I think you can put in at the westside check station, there are two blinds, Steelman 2 and 3, which are on sturgeon lake, and only accessible by boat. Otherwise as others have said, the lake is refuge and closed to hunting.

ogrejager · 08-26-2008, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by lor

Linejerk, I think you can put in at the westside check station, there are two blinds, Steelman 2 and 3, which are on sturgeon lake, and only accessible by boat. Otherwise as others have said, the lake is refuge and closed to hunting.

I've been wrong before, but last time I sat on Steelman 2, I'm pretty sure it was on Steelman Lake. I don't think any Steelman blinds are on Sturgeon Lake.

For that matter, as HuntnFish pointed out--most of Sturgeon Lake is preserve and, in general, closed to boats.

billc_sbio · 08-26-2008, 10:23 AM

You do it like this...(sorta)

If you can figure out where "things are at" from these pictures...

Starting here and continuing...

http://sports.webshots.com/photo/217...29466406OdfmSe

and this will give you a clue also...

http://sports.webshots.com/photo/256...29466406mYDDqa

lor · 08-26-2008, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by ogrejager

I've been wrong before, but last time I sat on Steelman 2, I'm pretty sure it was on Steelman Lake. I don't think any Steelman blinds are on Sturgeon Lake.

For that matter, as HuntnFish pointed out--most of Sturgeon Lake is preserve and, in general, closed to boats.

I too have been wrong before.
But I do know a fixed distance from the Steelman blinds, there are buoys and signs which designate the water beyond as refuge.
Looking at a map, there is no land which seperates the bodies of water.
I'm could be wrong on the water bodies name.

ogrejager · 08-26-2008, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by lor

I too have been wrong before.
But I do know a fixed distance from the Steelman blinds, there are buoys and signs which designate the water beyond as refuge.
Looking at a map, there is no land which seperates the bodies of water.
I'm could be wrong on the water bodies name.

Alright, where's my Westside map....

Huh. We're both wrong. The spit/point that 4-9 are on separates Sturgeon from Steelman lakes, even though there's no land separating the lakes where the spit ends. That puts 7-9 on Sturgeon Lake, but west of Oak Island. 2 and 3, though, are on Steelman.

Figures.

billc_sbio · 08-26-2008, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by ogrejager

Alright, where's my Westside map....

Huh. We're both wrong. The spit/point that 4-9 are on separates Sturgeon from Steelman lakes, even though there's no land separating the lakes where the spit ends. That puts 7-9 on Sturgeon Lake, but west of Oak Island. 2 and 3, though, are on Steelman.

Figures.

Ha ha, WHAT are you guys talking about?!!

You're on the opposite side of the Lake!

(Hint: You're NOT taking any big, "trailer/launchable" boat to Johnson Unit

)

Linejerk · 08-26-2008, 11:14 AM

Sounds good guy's thx for all the info your always a great help I am going to go out there this weekend and have a look around.

billc_sbio · 08-26-2008, 11:29 AM

Oops, well I stand corrected!

(I reread this post and saw you weren't referring to hunting Johnson-my bad

)

So, your other "boat opportunities" (beside Johnson) are like this...

You can access Steelman "boat only" blinds from the launch next to the Westside Checkstation.

You can launch and hunt Mud Lake from the "primitive" launch onto Round Lake, next to Parking Lot #2

Note: Sometimes you can hunt Big Martin's Lake, ML#14 & #15, when the water's way up, it looks like this

http://sports.webshots.com/photo/218...29466406Izpcal

at the same time you can often hunt Holman Point, but your boat will have to be small/portageable, as you might have to drag/pull it over some areas that will be out of the water while getting there.

You can hunt both Crane Lake and North Crane by launching on the Gilbert River Launch Ramp or coming from the Landing (used to be "Brown's Landing") in Scappoose.

That looks like this

http://sports.webshots.com/photo/206...29466406xwrAlS

Ditto to hunt Malarky Lake by going up the Gilbert River, that looks like this

http://sports.webshots.com/photo/108...29466406wJVbyx

http://sports.webshots.com/photo/108...29466406INPJKG

You can also access Aaron Lake by going part way up the Gilbert River and going up/over the bank near the pump station

OR you can launch into the Little McNary estuary, near the Gilbert River Boat Ramp, and motor up and through the canals TO Aaron Lake.

Obviously, you can hunt both McNary Lakes by launching here too.

billc_sbio · 08-26-2008, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Linejerk

Sounds good guy's thx for all the info your always a great help I am going to go out there this weekend and have a look around.

That's about it...but "looking around" at some of these places is going to be by foot.

Right now, the water's waay down and much of this won't be accessible (or even look the same)

"Best" time is really early->mid June when the water's at it highest (besides Winter flood times).

But, obviously, it's too late for that now...so much of it will be walking/viewing.

Good luck...

Linejerk · 08-26-2008, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by billc_sbio

That's about it...but "looking around" at some of these places is going to be by foot.

Right now, the water's waay down and much of this won't be accessible (or even look the same)

"Best" time is really early->mid June when the water's at it highest (besides Winter flood times).

But, obviously, it's too late for that now...so much of it will be walking/viewing.

Good luck...

BILLC SBIO thx so much for all the info you want way out of your way to put all that together for me sounds like you have been all over this island IFISHers are the best thx again

Hunt'nFish · 08-26-2008, 01:20 PM

Bill....if you tell him where my Semi-Secret spot is, I'm gonna have to come hunt w/ you and let Chance have his way w/ Sparky.

Hunt'nFish

cityfisher · 08-26-2008, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Hunt'nFish

Bill....if you tell him where my Semi-Secret spot is, I'm gonna have to come hunt w/ you and let Chance have his way w/ Sparky.

Hunt'nFish

Your semi-secret spot?? Is that the same as my semi-secret spot??

billc_sbio · 08-26-2008, 02:03 PM

No!

It's the Ultra Secret Spot, the one with the GoogleEarth links, the GPS Coordinates listed and the String that you can follow in the dark from the Parking Lot...

All that's "known" (and given)

Trouble is...you have to know WHEN to be there!

(And that's the secret!

)

Jeremy · 08-26-2008, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by billc_sbio

No!

It's the Ultra Secret Spot, the one with the GoogleEarth links, the GPS Coordinates listed and the String that you can follow in the dark from the Parking Lot...

All that's "known" (and given)

Trouble is...you have to know WHEN to be there!

(And that's the secret!

)

dont get started on the string from the parking lot, if i remember correctly we were half way into aaron and running into black cows before we realized we were supposed to be going to racetrack, the GPS saved us in the fog that day!!!!

Adjhunt · 08-26-2008, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeremy

dont get started on the string from the parking lot, if i remember correctly we were half way into aaron and running into black cows before we realized we were supposed to be going to racetrack, the GPS saved us in the fog that day!!!!

Ahahahaha now thats funny!! I'm sure it wasn't at the time though!!!

billc_sbio · 08-26-2008, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeremy

dont get started on the string from the parking lot, if i remember correctly we were half way into aaron and running into black cows before we realized we were supposed to be going to racetrack, the GPS saved us in the fog that day!!!!

Well...one of those cows musta gotten tangled in the string and that took us off course.

Just sayin...

SImudBogger · 08-26-2008, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeremy

dont get started on the string from the parking lot, if i remember correctly we were half way into aaron and running into black cows before we realized we were supposed to be going to racetrack, the GPS saved us in the fog that day!!!!

HAHAHA i remember that! You couldn't see 10 feet in that fog. We had good shoot that day

Hunt'nFish · 08-26-2008, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by cityfisher

Your semi-secret spot?? Is that the same as my semi-secret spot??

No Jay...I've not taken you there yet.
And if I find a foreign gps in the sled... I'm keeping it and downloading all YOUR waypoints and tracks.

Besides, where were YOU when we needed an extra hand on the come-along? Jimbo's earned HIS keep.
Hunt'nFish

cityfisher · 08-26-2008, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Hunt'nFish

No Jay...I've not taken you there yet.
And if I find a foreign gps in the sled... I'm keeping it and downloading all YOUR waypoints and tracks.

Besides, where were YOU when we needed an extra hand on the come-along? Jimbo's earned HIS keep.
Hunt'nFish

Well I'll give you that one...he did earn his keep. Me on the other hand, all I did was make calls to Emergency Rooms, hospitals, tow companies...

ha ha ha ha

lor · 08-26-2008, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeremy

dont get started on the string from the parking lot, if i remember correctly we were half way into aaron and running into black cows before we realized we were supposed to be going to racetrack, the GPS saved us in the fog that day!!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by billc_sbio

Well...one of those cows musta gotten tangled in the string and that took us off course.

Just sayin...

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Originally Posted by SImudBogger

HAHAHA i remember that! You couldn't see 10 feet in that fog. We had good shoot that day

I assume this is the hunt I missed????

From what I heard, Jokester, and I think Cityfisher also got lost hearding out to the Racetrack one morning.

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Originally Posted by jokester

Well, day one was Wednesday, and I was invited out to the East Side of the island by cityfisher, for a reservation hunt. We got to the checkstation and got our blind, then headed off to the parking lot. Got all geared up for the walk out (did I mention that neither of us had been to Racetrack lake before...), and proceeded take a right hand turn too early, in the fog, which lead to a beautiful 2 hour tour of Sturgeon Lake and the foliage surrounding it

Jeremy, if its still around, might be a good ideal to resurrect your Google maps thread, so grown folks can learn to walk in the dark, and not get lost.

SImudBogger · 08-26-2008, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by lor

Jeremy, if its still around, might be a good ideal to resurrect your Google maps thread, so grown folks can learn to walk in the dark, and not get lost.

It's saved on my desktop

Headhunter · 08-26-2008, 09:15 PM

There are no ducks, but you can hunt grouse starting this Monday

billc_sbio · 08-26-2008, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Lor

Originally Posted by lor

Jeremy, if its still around, might be a good ideal to resurrect your Google maps thread, so grown folks can learn to walk in the dark, and not get lost.

It wasn't a matter of knowing WHERE we were going, (I've been out there/walked that route plenty of times before) it was not being able to see ANY landmarks even 20 yards away in the fog!

Nothing but wet grass and total opaqueness to guide by.

Kinda like flying VFR in IFR conditions...I've gotta admit that's certainly one place a GPS really comes in handy.