Anyone been up to the John day lately? Thinking about going up this weekend to troll around for some steelies. Any reports would be appreciated. I'll report when I get back.
been hearing about lots a boats, must be something happening....if they only new about the deschutes, and I was the only boat out there sunday :grin: ....
I went up there yesterday and it was worse than slow... I actually got the big SKUNK on my boat [img]graemlins/eek13.gif[/img]
Had been doing quite well up there until the last couple of trips. I talked to the fish checker after we pulled out and she only checked one fish! There is also a lot of floating weeds making pulling plugs hard.
Good luck if you go!
Hog,
Could C&E be one of those happy fellows that was in your boat Saturday?
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Re: John Day river?
Buffalo -
He wishes he could get in my boat!
Except I don't have a fridge on board so I don't think I could accomodate his dietary requirements! :grin:
Sorry to read about your swinganamiss, but I guess now we can let people know that it WAS pretty good up there, but it is tough fishing now.
The weeds are AWFUL!!! You can hardly pull plugs in many desireable ares because the weeds are sitting in huge and tons of clumps and with no flow it pretty well shoots many areas. That is why we hit the Columbia outside. Also, if you go take bobbers and prawns and/or shrimp. But with the weed clumps you may be able to cast between them but after hooking up you will likely have to deal with it big time.
I have only been going up there for a few years but have never seen it like this. Donno if it is a regular thing but it is BAD.
John Day river?
CATCH AND EAT
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