jamisonace
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How tragic. What a horrible thing to happen.
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playhooky
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@pinstriper So I clicked your link earlier and noted that I’ve been up that particular arm on occasion. Didn’t realize it was referred to as Box Canyon. Thanks. Certainly a tragedy. I’ve seen some pretty iffy dead snags on some of the walls back in there. This will definitely raise my awareness.
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pinstriper
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playhooky said:
You may have to have it zoomed in or out just right for the labels to show up, but the arm is fed by Box Canyon Creek.
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playhooky
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pinstriper said:
Indeed..... I see Box Canyon is the more south westerly arm and the Blowout arm more easterly emptying into Detroit.
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Koils
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Hey everybody I’m gonna be going to Detroit lake this weekend and was wondering where are the good fishing spots on the lake? I’m gonna be in a kayak so any spots that are worth mentioning would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
305to503fishermen
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@Koils
I kayak fish there all the time. If you launch from mongold, go straight out to the island in the middle. I like to troll from that point to about the middle of the north-side of the island. Varying from like 20 feet from shore all the way out to a couple hundred feet. If you are using a line counter i had luck at 65' and a 3/8 of weight and a dodger. But it has been warm so they could be deeper. I have not ventured much from that island on my kayak because Detroit is a big lake and that is a lot of paddling. I have gone all the way around the island and don't care much for the othersides.
Tight lines buddy.
I kayak fish there all the time. If you launch from mongold, go straight out to the island in the middle. I like to troll from that point to about the middle of the north-side of the island. Varying from like 20 feet from shore all the way out to a couple hundred feet. If you are using a line counter i had luck at 65' and a 3/8 of weight and a dodger. But it has been warm so they could be deeper. I have not ventured much from that island on my kayak because Detroit is a big lake and that is a lot of paddling. I have gone all the way around the island and don't care much for the othersides.
Tight lines buddy.
troutdude
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Spent last Saturday morning, with 2 friends, trolling around the Santiam arm (Hoover campground area) of Detroit. It was a late start as we put in about 7:45 am. We were planning to head over and fish the Brietenbush arm too. But motor issues prevented us from venturing too far.
We took out around 12:15, and brought 8 'bows to the net. And we missed at least that many additional strikes. All fish were 12" and under. But even the dinks put up a pretty good fight. In fact I got the first fish and thought it was much larger; until I saw it up close.
Dodgers with trailing worms (or orange power eggs and worm combinations) were the trick. Didn't see, nor hear, of too many other fish caught.
A somewhat slow day; but it was still fun to hang out with my friends and soak up some sunshine on a 70 degree day on the water.
P.S. I forgot to mention that we were primarily fishing the channel in 30 - 50' depths. One rig had the worm trailing the dodger about 10", the others were trailing by 2-3' each.
Took this pic, before we put in at the Hoover ramp.
We took out around 12:15, and brought 8 'bows to the net. And we missed at least that many additional strikes. All fish were 12" and under. But even the dinks put up a pretty good fight. In fact I got the first fish and thought it was much larger; until I saw it up close.
Dodgers with trailing worms (or orange power eggs and worm combinations) were the trick. Didn't see, nor hear, of too many other fish caught.
A somewhat slow day; but it was still fun to hang out with my friends and soak up some sunshine on a 70 degree day on the water.
P.S. I forgot to mention that we were primarily fishing the channel in 30 - 50' depths. One rig had the worm trailing the dodger about 10", the others were trailing by 2-3' each.
Took this pic, before we put in at the Hoover ramp.
troutdude
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Incidentally the lake is at full pool.
troutdude
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Here I am with my amigos!
