Siletz tidewater Q
Recently purchased an electric motor for my 10ft woody drifter and today I fished the incoming/high and high slack tide on the Siletz. Got a lot of compliments on the boat and even lied my butt off once when asked if I built it myself.
What a great day and a relaxing time. Swivel seat mounted to the cooler, feet proped up on the side and the tiller as an armrest...almost dozed off a couple times but every time I closed my eyes my rod would bounce darn it!
Trolled a herring with a nice tight roll behind a flasher and a diver for a while, replaced the diver with a banana weight and had a good strong tug but no hookset. Heard of only one fish caught.
So on to my question. What is the typical amount of time it takes for an incoming high tide to give way to river currents this time of year? I used to have a sled and made a habit of trolling from just above chinook bend down to the typical hogline below coyote and back. Took many fish in the past but never paid attention to the answer to my question.
My little 10ft drifter did well with the electric. but in an effort to save a little dough I got one with 30 lb thrust. When I decided I had had enough today my battery was starting to get tired and as I approached chinook to load up the motor struggled a bit to fight the river current during the outgoing. In my little boat I had good cause to recognize the strength of that current today, and wondered what the window of time is for an incoming, a high, and a high slack to offset and relax this downstream current.
Incidently, I hooked up my second battery to see how a fresh one would handle that full-on downstream current and it was dead!..charged it over night and it still had no juice. Good thing I headed for the launch when I did.
The fresh battery at launch time pushed me along great against the incoming tide. trolled at speed setting #3 of 5 against the current and a moderate wind and it was still a little fast so I have a little thrust to spare in that situation, just wondering what to expect with an outgoing tide in that area which has a bit more strength and mass.
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