Sandy & Clackamas Very slooooow

[Jeb]

Just thought I'd let you all know...just in case you haven't been there yet. Fished the Sandy yesterday morning and it was pretty slow. Fished up and down the river and only saw 2 fish caught. More people than fish.

Decided to fish elsewhere in the afternoon.
So I went over to the Clackamas above Faraday to check out some of the upper river water. Lots of old Chinook in the river...but very very few summer steelehead. Not sure what happened to all of the fish; but then again I guess we're all spoiled after last year :-)

-Jeb

[Bait Bucket]

There's still some bright salmon in the Clack too.

[HANDLINER]

I've had to chase the salmon on the clack. Been doing alot of driving and walking but i've got some fish for my efforts.

[steelhead22]

There's definitely still some bright fish in the Clack, and there's still fresh fish pushing in everyday. They are still catching CHROMERS down at the mouth. My buddy (a local guide on the Clack) took a boat with two clients in it the other day, they hooked 4, all chrome and all BIG.

I've noticed that the steelhead are a little scarce, but I think they are just not were you'd normally find them. All the holes that usually hold good numbers of steelhead are freakin' packed right now with nooks. I think the steelhead tend to find other water, rather than hold with the nooks. I don't know why, it's just what I've noticed.

Last week I took home 3 steelhead (all over 12lbs.)and a nice springer about 20lbs. from the Clack. All were taken on Black and Cherise. I don't know what it is about Cherise this year, but I've been having great luck on both the Clack and the Sandy on it.

Now, I'm definitely not saying it's hot by any means, ABSOLUTELY NOT. If you work out the hours I spend out there (A LOT) and my "takes" I'm looking at about 2 hrs. per take!!! That is REALLY bad. I've been fortunate to capitalize on basically all my opportunities at fish (extremely rare for me :tongue, so my "success", if you want to call it that, really isn't that great.

Interesting also, is that I can't find a pattern on any given day at all. I mean, there's nothing specific that they are really biting on. There's definitely some kind of spinner bite, for both the springers and, of course, the summers, but it ain't that great. I don't know, it's weird. There's a freakin' PILE of fish in the Clack and the Sandy right now, but I just can't seem to put it together, and "usually" I'm able to figure something out. Right now, I'm at a loss. I see 6 steelhead sitting in a tailout on the brightest, sunny day we've had all week, then, when the cloud cover comes and you'd expect them to be hangin' in the tailouts, there's none to be found.

If you figure out how to get these fish to bite, please, let me know before my head explodes :grin:.

[eemmaann]

I know the sandy river has alot of fish. I have been doing pretty good with bobber and eggs in the deep holes. I have not fish the clack this year but was thinking about giving it a shot if there is still chrome fish in. This year is definatly not as good as last year,although there seems to be more chrome fish this time of year then last year. I will be fishing on the Sandy tomorrow.

See ya
EE