Recent content by GungasUncle

Also, forgot to put this in my prior post - bass #4 was this guy: I got the replacement for my Cardiff 301 in and had to get it dialed in. This guy ate a Bass Pro XPS Comeback Shad. It really wanted that bait - choked it! This was the first fish landed on the new Shimano SLX swimbait rod...

I'm up to 5 bass for the year - snuck out last week with the family to some public water, managed to get a couple dinkers on a 4" soft swimbait crawled on the bottom. Then yesterday I got out for a couple hours on the neighborhood pond again - picked up a 2lb'er on a new el-cheapo Amazon glide...

I still haunt the place when I have time. I'm on vacation this week trying to destress, get some stuff accomplished, and hopefully go fishing. Just got a new Shimano SLX swimbait rod that needs properly broken in. I took it out for an hour yesterday and managed to lose two glide baits on the...

What part of Texas are you in? We moved from Oregon to Magnolia, Texas (NW suburb of Houston) in 2020.

Excellent - the spot that smallie came from was one I fished often, especially like it in the spring when the water is still high and clear but warming during the pre-spawn.

I considered Gales Creek my home stream when I lived in Oregon. I've fished most of the public access water from the mouth to miles above the campground (hiking the banks and wading upstream.) I've never had an encounter with any weird *people* on that stream - though I've found evidence more...

Those are the special regulations for that particular body of water - the general regulations (state and zone) still apply. If it were closed for trout fishing, then it would list that in special regulations as "Closed to TROUT angling" or something along those lines. The section you quoted just...

Oh, I forgot about one more good spot in Tualatin - its behind Cabela's. You can park in back of Cabela's and access a city maintained trail that runs along the river, and has a few places you can get down to the river and access a long stretch of bank. Lots of good fishing in that stretch...

Hey TXboom, This answer might be a bit late, but I used to fish the Tualatin a LOT when I lived in Tigard. I'm going to guess you're banking it - and you didn't mention how old the kiddos are so I'll assume we're talking young ones to pre-teens, you can adjust accordingly if the kiddos are...

Gales Creek, along Hwy 6 headed toward Tillamook. Unless its changed in the last two years since I moved to Texas, its open year round, fly & lure only regs. Start fishing at Dorman's Pond (junction of Hwy 6 and 8) - you can walk down stream to the bridge where 6 crosses it - there's a great...

There's places on that creek I simply don't fish anymore, because of the things and people I've encountered out there. There was a huge homeless camp near the Roderick Rd. bridge, just downstream of it. by the pull out. I used to be fine parking at the pull out and walking through the creek to...

I think there are some resident cutts throughout the system - I've caught them in Tigard, I've caught them in Hillsboro, and of course upstream too. The ones from the warmer, muddier waters always look washed out - very silvery with barely visible spots. The orange slashes are still showy...

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Dam removal won't mean more, or bigger fish. It would mean Portland and most communities down stream of the dams would be wiped out every couple years. Ocean conditions, depredation, pollution, commercial fisheries and to an extent sport pressure have all lead to where we are today. We can...