Wilson River 12/11 Triple First

[fishnbus]

After several outings over the last two weeks I connected. 1) My first winter chrome this season, 7# buck. 2)My first fish on my new 9'6' rod, 8-12lb. Berkley Buzz Ramsey. 3)My first on a bobber/jig. What made it special is that it was on one of my home tied jigs, a 1/8 oz. Owner lead jig. Bought the hot pink powder coating and dressed it PINK! It looks like something out of the movie "Legally Blonde". ( If you saw the movie you know the color). The jig was adorned with a sand shrimp tail and homemade scent made by Marie at Tillamook Bait Co.

It didn't know what to expect when a steelie strikes a jig but it looked like the trapdoor of the gallows opened underneath it. Waiter, I'll have winter chrome with a side of lice please!! Dennis :grin:

[SHOUGALNITE]

congrats :smile:
I lost my first winter chrome yesterday. :depressed:

[First Bite]

Way to go. Sounds like a great day on the river.

Mark

[Captain and Marie]

Way to Go!


Marie [img]graemlins/hearton.gif[/img]
www.Tillamookbait.com

[ 12-11-2003, 06:02 PM: Message edited by: Captain and Marie ]

[spinner53]

Hope to put Mark's jigs to use tomorrow, also on the W. Can only fish half a day though, good thing we have showers at work

[Kentucky Hog Hunter]

Congrats

I bet the river is in great shape.

[River Ranger]

How do you like that rod?Hope to get one for christmas.It is one of the best B and Jig rods I've seen without spending $$$ for that Length and action.Nice catch,Were you floating or banking.?
R.R.

[salmurai]

That's a bunch of "firsts"! Congrats [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]

[fishnbus]

River Ranger

I really like the Berkeley 9'6" 8-12#. I picked it up a few days before Thanksgiving, on sale, for $59.95. The tip tapers quickly making it easy to flick a light weight jig combo and yet it's got big enough spine to feel comfy taking on a big fish. The river was in great shape yesterday. I'm a bankie and moved up and down the lower river lookin' for fish. By the way, you were the first ifisher that I met while fishing. We were up at Eagle Creek in early Oct. hoping that the small rain had brorught in the silvers not knowing then that it wouldn't happen.

[SKP]

spinner53, This is hilarious. I too do the half day thing, run to the work showers and come into the office! I leave the Willamette Valley at zero dark thirty, arrive at the coast 1.25 hours later, fish until 11:20 AM, drive 1.5 hours to work, take a shower, and walk into the office all fresh and rarin' to go.

This past Monday, I did that. I hooked 4 and landed one, about a 6 pound chrome buck steelie- 25.5 inches long. Caught it with a clown corkie, pink yarn, and Marie's shrimp scent. I had two break 20 pound line. One got into the raging rapids below, and I could not bring it back up. And a big one, about a 15 pound chromer that I had 4 feet from the net, and it decided to do some mid-air break dancing, and break the line it did. My line broke in mid air. I could see my line deep in the mouth of the fish, so I think the teeth got it. You win some and you loose some.

I'm going to do it again next Tuesday. I'm going to fish the Wooshumacallit River. :grin:

SKP

[iwanttofish]

The Wooshumacallit River. That is my favorite river. Sounds like a great day.