The Kalama...

north coast kook · 12-22-2003, 08:42 PM

Went up to the Kalama this am. Waste of time. Started at a spot they call the beginer hole. Jigg/float for a while, but too many people for my taste so drove down stream a bit. Parked under a little bridge and walked up and down as far as I could jigs, corkies, eggs, crawlers. I pretty much threw everything I had in the river. Nothing, zero, ZIP!! When I was packing up to leave, a guy in a drift boat asked if I would run him back up to his rig, which I did. He said they hooked one fish, briefly. He said it's been pretty dead up there for the last couple weeks. There's got to be fish somewhere around here!!

-KooK

steelymann · 12-23-2003, 08:05 AM

There are fish there, just not in great numbers yet. I've hooked a couple in the past two days and my partner has landed a couple. I've also seen some fish hooked and landed so they are there, you just have to work REAL hard to find them. Head further up the canyon.

~steelymann~

north coast kook · 12-23-2003, 09:07 AM

Ya, I thought about heading up river more, but I'm not real familiar with the area, and it was noon, and my attitude had gone to hell, and etc, etc.... I think I'll just take a break from the whole thing until I start hearing some better reports from some of these rivers. But then again, I keep saying that and I keep going anyway!

Darn this pet monkey!!!
-KooK

David Johnson · 12-23-2003, 10:41 AM

Don't give up 'cause it's noon. We get quite a few fish in the winter after noon. Sometimes I don't even start fishing until 8 or 9.

Cover some water too. Throwing the kitchen sink at 'em won't make fish appear if they aren't there. Use a technique that matches the water condtions and then move on.

Wally02 · 12-23-2003, 02:11 PM

If your new to fishing the canyon, secure your valuables. That place is a haven for car break-ins.
If it is visible , they might get it. Lock it in the trunk

WAngler · 12-23-2003, 02:51 PM

anyone planning on fishing the Bama this weekend?

steelymann · 12-23-2003, 03:26 PM

I have the next two weeks off (teacher), so I'll be fishing it as much as possible over the next weeks.

~steelymann~

weekend warrior · 12-23-2003, 08:35 PM

DJ is right(of course), this is the first year for me out of my DB and I have yet to put in before 8 and have got fish every time. Not bad for learning new water and sleeping in.

Later Geoff

FastAction · 12-24-2003, 09:40 AM

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Originally posted by north coast kook:
Went up to the Kalama this am. Waste of time. Started at a spot they call the beginer hole. Jigg/float for a while, but too many people for my taste so drove down stream a bit. Parked under a little bridge and walked up and down as far as I could jigs, corkies, eggs, crawlers. I pretty much threw everything I had in the river. Nothing, zero, ZIP!! When I was packing up to leave, a guy in a drift boat asked if I would run him back up to his rig, which I did. He said they hooked one fish, briefly. He said it's been pretty dead up there for the last couple weeks. There's got to be fish somewhere around here!!
-KooK

<font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica">The Klama has slowed down a bit, but they are still there. Pressure has increased and the river is Clear need more rain. I have floated it 3X this year and hit 5 fish! The last trip I had to work for the fish though! Small bait! unless the water is high!

articulate leech · 12-24-2003, 10:09 AM

I've fished the Kalama canyon area twice in the last week and haven't come up with anything except a too-brief hook-up. I was drifting eggs. I love the river, but it's not loving me.