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Ok, my son and I have been hitting the South Umpqua from Rivers West RV park ( just north of Myrtle Creek) up to where I-5 crosses near MP 100. We've been able to catch smallies, but just the little effer's, getting irritating. By little I mean, 6" and under. Fun to catch and all, but looking to up the game so to speak. We primarily fish spinners, some spoons, and even threw some worms (zero success surprisingly). I'll take any suggestions for targeting some larger fish, smallies and trout. Lures, bait, technique, etc.
Few days ago set the hook on a nice trout (atleast for what I've been into) 14" or so, managed to get her just to the bank, cute little shake of the head as I reached down to grab the line, and she swam away. Damn it. Adrenaline was pumping, cast right back out to the same spot, start the retrieve and bam, bam I set the hook like a steelie, bent the rod tip clean over to the reel, dam near snapped it in half. Biggest darn rock I've ever set a hook into!!! Literally laughed out loud to my self on that one. Anyhow, last night after a restocking trip to Cabela's, I ventured under the Myrtle Creek bridge. Threw several different spinners out, had a few hits, nothing hooked. Decided to head downstream a bit. If your traveling I-5, just north of Myrtle Creek, you can look down on the river, bunch of dirt roads/trails, very popular for the gold dredgers to camp there during the summer. Some decent water, slow deep pools in between riffles/small rapids. Casted out and nabbed a trout, looked small like the majority of em, but I actually measured it at 8.5" before sending her back in to grow up. Managed to catch 5-6 more, all bass, one fair sized at 10", and the rest were monsters. After the first dinger, figured I'd take a few pics of the little guys. Having lots of fun, but damn I could use a decent meal!!
