Let's hear those boat ramp reports

[Tacklebuster]

As I type this I am going stir crazy wanting to be on the river. Bernie gave me a good heads up this morning and saved me an hour and a half drive. He said the 42cnd street ramp was bad. Thanks for the heads up Bernie, I owe you one

If any of you guys and gals live close to Cathedral or Fred's could you do a guy a favor and check conditions a little later and post a report? I gotta find a way to get on the river soon before my better half starts finding things for me to do around here [img]graemlins/eek13.gif[/img]

[Flatfish]

TB,

I have heard a lot of reports. they all are pretty much..." If ya have 4WD, and chain up all 4, and the ramp is not too steep, and the boat is not gonna drag you down the ramp, and on and on..."

I am returning Xmas stuff this weekeds. My only free time in the next month. Tells you what I think.

Sorry, but the new truck has not learned how to swim yet.

Mark and the land lubber dog.

[Redbull]

TB,

If someone gives you a thumbs up, I'm in - pretty savvy boat boy to boot.

I'm Jones'n so hard I'm a bit goofy.

Joby

516-5629

PS - the kid is with grandma and the wife is on the mountain. I have legit pass and must go.

Must fish. Drive to water. Throw hook in water. Fish. Need to be near water with rod in hand.

[Pickles]

Don't bother even trying to launch from Chinook Landing. The ramp is closed.

[FishinMission]

Road to Caterpillar Island is packed snow...someone has channeled out grooves on the ramp down to the water. Parking lot is packed snow..as well as the driveways leading in and out. You'll probably need alot of 4WD to get in and out of the lot.

Mark

[glowball]

I went by the kalama launch this morning and nobody had tried it yet. Look like a sheet of ice all the way to the top. I forgot my camera or I'd taken a pic to show you.

Kris

[Perfect Drift]

Go here and check the dropping water, holy cow and here I sit .....

http://www.nwrfc.noaa.gov/river/stat...plot.cgi?LRWW1

[5-Cents]

We launched today at Scappoose Bay Marina without a problem. Had to use 4-Whell on the way back the ramp but no problems launching and recovering what so ever. There were probably about 12-15 trailers int he parking lot too.

Corneillus Pass was open too, road was wet... no problems what so ever.



[ 01-10-2004, 03:44 PM: Message edited by: 5-Cents ]

[Small Fry]

Ok Shane / anyone are you going to give a report from today???????

[5-Cents]

I'm home early :grin:

[greenbuttskunk]

I'm going out tomorrow. Sturgeon 42 is supposed to be launching out of cathedral park, waiting for a call and report from kodiakfisher.
It was a warmer day and alot of sno melted, so I think I can make it out tommorrow. Confidence is high!
GBS

[SKP]

Shane, With the grumblers, you have to be thick skinned to give a report lately on this board. Are you up to the task?

SKP :grin:

[talk2elk]

scappoose bay marina at 4 pm today, not to bad [img] www.ifish.net/uploads/0603189.jpg [/img]

[Fshklr]

talk2elk,
edit that post and put an http:// in front of the www.etc and that picture should show up

[FishFreak]

We put in today at Scapoose also. A little slick but no real problems. Fishing was slow... A fair number of boats out. Only saw 2 keepers.
Very soft bites

[greenbuttskunk]

got a good report that cathedral ramp is a go.
We'll be there around 9am tomorrow. Maybe we'll see some of you others their too. Say hello if you see me in my 19' smokercaft with 4 guys sitting in the boat looking stupid.

[SafetyChain]

Here is Talktoelk's pic




I went to Chinook Landing and 42nd St. Chinook locked out and 42nd still ice at 3pm. One guy pulled in and thought about it at 42nd. Sparelink and I stayed to watch the festivities but he (or was it his wife :grin: ) changed their minds

[ 01-10-2004, 06:28 PM: Message edited by: SafetyChain ]

[Tacklebuster]

GBS,
I will be at Cathedral Park by 9:00 am in the morning as well. Blue/Green Renegade with a grey top. I'll look for ya, I will have my wife, daughter, an dog with me. I'll be on 68 on the VHF and my cell is 971-237-3609. Let's spank sme sturgies

Fish Freak,
When the bite is soft, either pick up and move or cut the size of your bait way back. Sometimes using a two inch piece of smelt will make those "soft" biters very fierce. You will spend much too long trying to hook them instead of catching them when they are just pecking at it lightly.

[Riverkeeper]

Turkeyba...I mean Tacklebuster, I'll be riding along with GBS tomorrow AM. We'll keep our eyes open for the family puttin on the sturgeon clinic

[fishitis]

We'll be launching at Cathedral too, about the same time around 9ish. Four of us in a blue 179 hewescraft. We'll be on channel 68 and start in the Willamette, moving to MC or Columbia if we can't pick up a bite.
I guess we'll look stupid too. After all, four people sitting out in the cold and acting like they are having a lot of fun, that has to look pretty goofy to the non-fishers. I know I have gotten some strange looks getting my boat ready this afternoon and shoveling the snow out :grin: .

[Andy]

Just got back from Marine Park ramp in Vancouver. Very useable, infact Sheriff was coming out of the water when we got there. Andy

[SafetyChain]

For you guys that made it today, how was the water? Much debris in the Willy or Columbia?

[talk2elk]

Thanks, Safetychain for posting that picture. water looked good to me. No keepers for my boat today, but we will try again Sunday.

[5-Cents]

The Willamette is spiting a lot of trees.

[SureSet]

St. Johns ramp was fine. Slushy parking lot, but lots of tracks to follow to the water and no problems with traction. Willy has some usual debris, but it's not that bad. Current wasn't all that hard either, kind of surprising to have a modest outgoing flow with all the runoff. Not sure I'd be fishing the Columbia downstream from the mouth, it looked like the debris was concentrated a bit more down the Oregon side of SI. Just have to keep one eye up front at all times...

SureSet

[Tacklebuster]

Thanks Steve

Originally posted by SKP:
Shane, With the grumblers, you have to be thick skinned to give a report lately on this board. Are you up to the task?

SKP :grin:

<font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica"> Go fishing SKP.

[Fishical Therapy]

I stopped by the Ridgefield ramp this morning (Saturday) and there were 3 trucks in the lot who had already launched and we watched two others get ready to launch (one launched while we were there). The parking lot was thick slush, but on one ramp, the traction was pretty good and the first guy managed to launch without problems.

I suspect that with a few more launches and retrievals and the warmer weather and rain that is coming that it will not be a problem retrieving from there.

We plan on heading out from Ridgefield tomorrow.

[Stz ll]

Mark, Thanks for the Caterpiller Island report. :smile:

[steelie69]

if the ridgefield launch is working what about the port of kalama launch? if anyone goes by there today i would love to hear about it. I can am seriously getting cabin fever. I don't want to spend the day Sunday watching football and doing work so someone please help us out.