Clackamas / Eagle Creek reports??

fish stalker · 12-17-2003, 03:26 PM

I was planning on taking a day off Friday and fish Eagle Creek and was wondering if any one has been by lately to see (or fish) it. I was thinking it might be all blown out from the recent rains. I was hoping the Clack might even be fishable at the mouth of the creek but I have no idea

. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Woody · 12-17-2003, 03:51 PM

My dad was up at McIver yesterday and caught one little buck. He said the water looked good. Very fishable.

Billy Tillamook · 12-17-2003, 06:31 PM

Hello fish on... I live on the clack... can see it from where I sit, looks beautiful a tad high but perfectly fishable primo steelhead green color... e-mail me i'll be happy to give you reports as you need them!

rojo · 12-18-2003, 10:31 AM

Went up Eagle Creek this AM, water had good color and height. No fish, talked to one other person he had nothing also. Still early?...Roger

fish stalker · 12-18-2003, 01:11 PM

Thanks for the update!!! I have got the day off tomorrow and it has the makings of a great day. I love to fish the upper creek sections and its good to hear they have fish that high. I'll report back on the days events.

Old dog · 12-18-2003, 02:08 PM

Caught a nice little buck there on Tuesday, 12/16.

straightweave · 12-18-2003, 11:12 PM

called the hatchery this a.m. they have fish at the hatchery and are just now setting up the trap for collection. the hatchery mechanic said he caught one 14lb'er yesterday, midday, and lost another just down below the hatchery.

tight lines....

rojo · 12-19-2003, 09:55 AM

Well after nothing yesterday(18th), I woke this morning to such a nice fall day i thought I would hit the creek again. Good thing i did nice 5+ lb buck..sorry no pics...Roger

straightweave · 12-19-2003, 12:30 PM

Nicely done, Roger.

I too woke to a beautiful day, but all I got out of Eagle Creak was a broken rod. [img]graemlins/berry.gif[/img] Went back to Bi-mart to exchange it and ended up w/ a better one. :smile: Tommorrow gets to be the first day w/ the newbie.

River Ranger · 12-19-2003, 03:16 PM

Buddy got two today below Bonnie lure on jigs,one was a summer for sure.
R.R.

Sturgeon Tom · 12-19-2003, 06:06 PM

Roger now that is the way to spend a nice day.

fish stalker · 12-19-2003, 09:14 PM

I took today off as a vacation day and could think of nothing but winter steelhead. I hit Eagle Creek at one of my favorite spots at 7:45 am. I checked the trap at the Hatchery and there were two nice steelhead and two nasty Coho's :shocked: . The water was high and clear but I couldn't see a fish in any of the water with my glasses. I started drifting a pink pearl corky with pink yarn and after a dozen drifts with no hits I decided to change it up for eggs and white yarn. I was using Amermans steelhead cured eggs and #4 Owner cutting point hooks. First cast with the eggs and bam, Fish On!!!

It was a bright little buck. He jumped four times in the fast current before I managed to get him to the bank. He measured 25" and weighed 4 pounds 11 ounces. I drifted through the hole for another 20-30 minutes and decided he was the only fish in it so I moved upstream to fish the next tail out. Again I could see no signs of fish and tossed out another fresh blob of eggs. I was about halfway through the drift when it got hammered by a hog!!

Fish ON!!!

It was all I could do to contain this fish from racing off down through the rapids. She didn't jump but thrashed and rolled and grinded my line on every boulder she could find. I eventually got her to the bank and she measured in at 31" and 9 pounds 15 ounces.

So, its now about 9:00 am and I'm done for the day!!! I headed back into town and stopped at Estacada tackle shop and got a cup of coffee and weighed in the fish for the weekly derby. Marie the tackle shop took my picture with the two fish and will email them to me so I'll be sending the proof soon. I'm headed back tomorrow morning to try my luck again. I'll keep you posted. FISH ON!!!

fishing is life · 12-19-2003, 11:05 PM

way to go Roger!

fish stalker · 12-20-2003, 07:29 PM

It was harder today but I still managed two fish out of Eagle Creek today!!

The first was the brightest fish so far this year

. 26" 5.6 pound buck. The second fish was alot more work. I fished a good quarter mile of the creek before I found a few fish holding. This time I actually saw the fish with my glasses! It still took several dozen drifts and I was down to my last 3 chunks of eggs. There was another angler that worked his way up stream to fish across from me. Nice - miles of creek and he's tossing his rig at my feet. Any way I yell over to the that I can't believe I haven't hooked one up with my eggs when I get a bumb and set the hook. It was a dark buck and it jumped twice and tossed the hook

. I was now down to my last two baits!! Put on the bigger of the last two and tried to hit the same spot in the drift,...tic, tic,...bump.. HOOK Set!! FisH ON!!! This time he didn't get away. 4.7 pound 25" buck showing alot of color and darker than I would expect for this early in the run. I checked its fins to see if it was a Clack stray summer but it was clipped for Eagle Creek. I figured it would smoke. Nice two for two in two days of fishing.

Navigator · 12-20-2003, 07:50 PM

Way to keep those fish on, Fishon! [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] . Thanks for the report.