Team Carrot Milk Reveals Springer Tactics

[Nick Amato]

Now that I have your attention, I’d like to thank Jennie for allowing Salmon Trout Steelhead magazine and Frank Amato Publications to run a banner ad on this website. It will be located at the bottom of this page next to the TR-1 ad. It should be up sometime this week.

I’ve been a longtime lurker and would like to commend Jennie for doing so much for Northwest anglers. We had the opportunity to fish the North Fork Nehalem Wednesday. While grinding out the details for the ad we managed to hook five winter runs. Unfortunately the pictures didn’t come out because it was pouring down rain, but we had a ball.

On Friday I fished with Bobby and Zak of Team Carrot Milk on the Clackamas River. Fishing had been hot for side-drifters during mid-week, but we hit a rising river and only managed one native that Bobby caught. Today they are in the process of finishing up an article for the April issue of STS that will detail some of their Columbia River springer strategies. I’m afraid the recipe for carrot milk won’t be included, but secret scents are only a part of the big picture.

I look forward to sharing fishing tips and stories with members.

Tip: My brother and his buddy Craig landed four steelhead (three keepers) Saturday with cerise jigs on the Clackamas. He launched his mini-sled at Carver.

[skrimmy]

Hey, I get to be the first one to welcome you! Welcome aboard Nick. Nice to have you here.

[willierower]

Welcome aboard Nick!

When we hitting the Clack? Im holding you to that trip.

[BratBonker89]

Welcome, I am sure that you will be an excellen addition to the board!

[Firedog]

Welcome Nick, glad to see STS ( The best fishing mag around) be a sponser of IFISH.

[ 01-21-2004, 07:10 AM: Message edited by: firedog ]

[weekend warrior]

Nice to have you aboard Nick. I just bought the new STS last nite. I've read it off and on for a few years and It's definately the top dog as far as fishing mags go.
Keep up the good work.
Later Geoff

[First Bite]

Welcome aboard Nick. Good to see you here.

Mark

[Twitchs_Tackle]

Nick Amato, THE Nick Amato... Wow! :shocked: Welcome aboard!

TT

[Fishin Magician]

Welcome aboard Nick!!!!!! Cool thing is I work with your niece Alissa.....great girl. Looking forward to having you here.......

John Barth

[Willow Drifter]

WOW! This place is high society.

Welcome to ifish Nick! I have alot of admiration for your dad [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]

[Beerbelly]

Welcome Nick. Maybe you can give us a deal like Field&Stream mag. :grin:

[Fast Water]

Welcome to Ifish Nick!!

:smile:

[Pitch Pocket]

It's about time Nick. Better late than never eh? Seeings how this is your first post, you could come up with a better story than that couldn't you? Optional of course!

[Captain and Marie]

I'm so glad you came on board!

Captain & Marie
www.Tillamookbait.com

[Dakotan]

Welcome aboard. I enjoy your magazine and books.

[Jennie@ifish]

Thanks for taking the plunge. It gets easier from here on in... I think. :grin:

Regardless, fishing was a blast! Thanks!

--Looking forward to many awesome additions to the board, from STS!

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[ 01-18-2004, 06:03 PM: Message edited by: Jennie@ifish ]

[Fish mojo]

What took you so long to get here, Nick??
You computer challenged or what? Finally, a meeting of the best fishing website with the best fishing magazine editor!! Welcome aboard.
I have every issue of STS back to about 92 with a few other earlier ones.

[lucky strike]

Welcome aboard Nick! So you were on the boat with Bobby and Zach that day. It was nice meeting you guys under those strange circumstances.

[Nick Amato]

Thank you ifishers for the warm welcome!

Pick Pocket here is a short story. When I was 12 years old my father took me to Alaska to anchor fish the mouth of Lake Creek. Fishing had been excellent. By our third day we had hooked and released many chinook in the 30 to high 40 pound class with Tadpollies. A family friend from Italy named Silvio showed up in the afternoon and was ready to catch a chinook with a fly rod. He had just finished floating Lake Creek. Well dad was tired so I took Silvio out in our little pram. We anchored up and Silvio hung a giant streamer pattern behind the boat. I didn’t think he would get a bite, but wouldn’t you know it after 15 minutes he hooked up with a big king. We pulled anchor and started chasing the giant. The fish started jumping like crazy in the direction of the boat. On its final leap it flew from at least 10 feet away and hit Silvio dead square in the chest. It knocked him over and into the bottom of the pram (and I mean pram). Silvio grabbed a pair of plier and wrestled with that 43 pounder. I wasn’t sure who was winning for a while. Before Silvio finally won the battle (screaming in Italian like you can’t imagine) the fish pretty much tore up everything in the bottom of the boat including the net. That is an event that I’ll never forget.

Willie Rower, lets go in February.

Jennie, all I can say is Wow!

[Nick Amato]

Sorry, I ment to type Pitch Pocket not Pick Pocket in the last post

[blacktail]

Welcome aboard Nick. Glad to have you here.

Mike

:smile:

[Pitch Pocket]

Pick Pocket is fine Nick! Just don't call me late for the next story!

Now where is Bob Toman?

[ZaQ]

Where'd Bobby go? :whazzup:

[Crayfin]

Hey Nick,

That was me "Crayfin" that was BS'n with you on the North Fork Nehalem on Wednesday--I told everyone I got a lesson from you :grin:

I would have taken pictures for you but being on the other side of the river made it difficult...anyway Good talking to you

Todd

[fishnpray]

Nick-

Glad you're aboard. A resource such as yourself will make a wonderful addition to this board. Oh, and make sure you adhere to the letter of what Jen posted there... :grin:

[Riverkeeper]

Welcome Nick


Jen, I was under the impression anchovies were included :whazzup:

[dampainter]

wait...the nick amato buddy of bill herzog??? COOL!! welcome!!

[h20dog]

Welcome Nick, better late than never :grin:

[Mikeymoto]

A big fishy welcome to you Nick.
MM

[Straydog]

Welcome Nick!

[whitewaterbill]

Welcome Nick....Say hi to Aunt L. from a old friend....

SG

[Bobby Ray]

Nick,

Looks like you have some fans here in the Ifish world
I'm glad Team Carrot milk has the opportunity to get some of these Springer secrets off our chest. It's been painful keeping them locked up inside April issue it is.

[steelheadslayer]

Welcome aboard Nick, awesome mag!

[wootersen]

Lurkers....

Just kidding ! :grin:

Welcome aboard !

[Navigator]

Welcome aboard. I enjoy your magazine. (I am a subscriber. And thanks for being part of the Portland Public Schools magazine drive - would be a lot harder to get the subscription in the budget were it not for that ).

[Full Freezer]

Welcome Nick!

Excellent story too. Look forward to learning more from you!

[greenbuttskunk]

hey there Nick,
You're name sounds familiar. do I know you?
Glad you're posting something Nick. I thought you
might have some kind of social phobia or something.
I look forward to fishing with you again sometime, and am glad to see STS will be a bigger part of Ifish now.
cheers,
GBS

[FASTWATER]

Nick I worked at Riversong a few seasons of all the places I been in Alaska is still one of my favorites Lake creek was such a diverse fishery I just loved it,welcome aboard!!!PEACE

[globalfisher]

Welcome aboard Nick, I know with your fishing epertise, you will lend great information to a lot people on this forum!

P.S Its Geoff from GlobalFisher, just to let you know who I am Nick. :smile:

[SHOUGALNITE]

welcome

[SKP]

Welcome, Nick! [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]

Glad you decided not to "lurk" any longer! Say hello to Chuck for me, he must still be lurking! [img]graemlins/eek13.gif[/img]

SKP

[DanS]

Dang......what a welcoming committee here at Ifish. :shocked:

'bout time you showed up around here.........Looks like you already have a bunch of fans hanging out.

Let me know if you and monkey-boy are going out this week or next......I might head down there with him.

Welcome aboard

[bluejay]

Mr Amato, WoW!
What did you promise the Carrot boys? Are they giving up all their secrets?

I Can't wait!!

BTW, I Love the Magazine [img]graemlins/hearton.gif[/img] Welcome.

[peter frederick]

Allright more fishin story's . Welcome to Ifish.

Pete/TR-1

[luguando]

Welcome aboard Nick,

Many thanks for your great magazine. The information learned and shared at IFISH and STS makes all of us better fisherman and better informed stewards of our land and water resources.

As discussed between individuals, hopefully this is now a mute point.

Jen - pleave remove the other quotes of my post that I can not. Thanks. :smile:

Rick

Welcome again Nick. [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]

[ 01-23-2004, 07:18 PM: Message edited by: ****** ]

[GOT2FISH]

Nick have read your mag for years got alot of good info and disagreed with some. Glad to see you.

[GOT2FISH]

Oh one other thing can you make STS a monthly publication? Please.

Anytime Mike :smile:

[ 01-23-2004, 07:18 PM: Message edited by: ****** ]

Oolichan,
I would like to point out to you where your head is but the moderators wouldn't like that.
****** is a jolly person that has a low tolerance for BS.

[greenbuttskunk]

I can feel the love. :grin:

[5-Cents]

[SKP]

[ 01-23-2004, 12:41 PM: Message edited by: SKP ]

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[ 01-23-2004, 07:19 PM: Message edited by: ****** ]

[GOT2FISH]

I thought we were just going to say Hi to Nick

[fast catchin]

Hi Nick

[Jennie@ifish]

Take it to e mail. I'm enjoying welcoming Nick and STS to ifish.

No more edits, guys. Right?

Jen

[hankstr]

Originally posted by ******:
Go have a internet and quit stirring it SKP?

<font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica">Hey nook did you not see the Disclaimer SKP put on his post lighten up on him there bud. It says FUN FUN post get it???