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Derick said:Hello all I am new to these forums so I'll introduce myself first. My name is Derick I live in Oak Grove (south end of Milwaukie) and I like to fish. Been fishing for and landing springers, winter steelies and chum salmon most of my life but I cannot catch bass.
I recently starting fishing that lagoonish pond thing in back of Fishermens in Oregon City, I saw a ton of em chillin by that sheriffs dock there but couldn't catch anything. The guy at Fishermens recommended rubber baits in darker colors and to just cast it near or on cover and twitch it along the bottom. So far its been 2 afternoons/evenings and noting worth mentioning do you guys have any suggestions on places near Milwaukie to fish and what techniques to try out?
Derick,
This is a pretty tough time of year from the bank unless you get some random cloudy days or you fish early and late. Don't give up though because September and October can really turn the bass on. I have been catching smallies on robo worms and the fish are spitting up small... TINY minnows right now so just pay attention to the size of the baitfish to know if you need to use smaller thin baits or if you can get away with something larger. When all else fails... tubes are a great bait that can be worked weightless like a top water or with different sizes of weights or jigheads fast or slow, deep or shallow... and smallies love 'em!
Good luck and hope to hear some success stories soon!
Bobby
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