Recent content by jmelinte

Thanks for the advice! A lead anchor is what I was thinking too, actually, especially since Joe's has them for really cheap. As far as the pouches go, I was thinking I'll tend to keep them empty when the boat isn't in use, just because it allows me to fold it up small.

So I finally took her out for the first time. My girlfriend and I spent the morning/early afternoon at Hagg Lake, with me in my pontoon and her in my inflatable raft. I have to say, I love this thing. It took a while to get used to managing all my gear because I was pretty afraid of dropping...

I have little to no experience flyfishing, but I've trolled and casted East Lake several times. What I've seen from flyfishermen has been floating along the west side of the lake. I tend to see them in the SW corner of the lake early in the morning, and then getting farther north away along that...

I've actually never eaten bass and have pretty much always fished for trout. While I've done a lot of catch and release, I've had a lot of experiences where the fish ended up in pretty rough shape by the time the hook was out just because it got set funny. So I'm a little cautious about where I...

I never knew about this spot. Is it catch and release only? If not, then how edible are the fish in there, seeing as how it's so close to the city section of the Willamette?

Thanks for the info! Any suggestions for calm waters to fish from my new toon that are reasonably close to Portland? Hagg Lake might be my first trip, but iIm not sure what else there is around. I'm hoping for somewhere with fish that I can actually keep and eat once in a while (we all know...

Yeah, a life jacket will be coming along with me for sure. How much does registering run in OR? Will I need any sort of boater's license if I do that?

I forgot to mention, I'm going to add a homemade standing board. I found a site that sells accessories for these toons, but the boad was $150 plus shipping. I think I can rig something together for about 50. It won't be for a while, but I'll post some pictures if it works out.

I just picked up the Outfitter X9 from Costco. It's pretty much the same thing as the Colorado XT from what I've seen and read, but I liked Costco's pretty much "anything goes" return policy and the price tag. I put it together this afternoon in less than an hour, and I was glad to see how...

Wow, that's awful! We are actually planning on camping in Elk Creek Campground, so I'm glad to hear there's no problems there. Thanks for the advice, everyone. I'm going to scratch the pontooning the river idea, but I believe we're still planning on going to camp and do some shore casting. As...

I'm planning a camping trip out by Elk Creek and the Wilson at the end of May. This will be my first time there, and I'm not a very experienced fisherman (two seasons at East Lake, and a bit of stream shore casting). Any tips for me? I'm also strongly considering grabbing a pontoon float...