Going to Oregon for a week...

[hyena426]

turning 30 in may,,,and yes fishing in my area has been wonderfull,,sence i was a little kid they never let us fish for salmon on columbia river legaly,,or snake,,,,but in the last few years,,salmon have been all over:) never seen it so good,,,,big fish too,,and never go home emty much,,lol,,freezer is full of salmon <~~never was before,,lol and never been legal besides indians till the last few years

i fish for everything around here besides carp and suckers,,lol,,bass fishing is allways great around here,,always lookin too catch some bass,,lol,,know some spots were the bass hit your line just as you toss it in,,lol so many i have to toss back because i was over limit

[capt. apathy]

fishing really went to hell in the late 70's.  when I was 10, cathcing a couple 36" chinooks in the columbia wasn't a big deal.  dad was complaining then how the fishing had fell off since he was younger.

the fishing is improving lately (maybe we should thank some of those environmentalists for that) but it is a long way from "better than it's ever been"

[2stony]

know some spots were the bass hit your line just as you toss it in,,lol so many i have to toss back because i was over limit

     And where is this place? I've been bass fishing in Mexico and it was great. Lakes in Washington don't get big bass because the water is only warm(sorta)during the summer months.

[hyena426]

my dad been fishing here sence he was a kid,,and the 70's havent been any better than now days,,but i guess its were you fish,,i know the salmon counts are up,,and bass is so plentifull there thinking of putting a bounty on them,, because they eat eggs of othere fish,,,cat fishing hasnt changed much,,still catch a monster down at the local hole with some chicken liver any time i feal like it,,,he said even back then it wasnt legal to fish for salmon,,only on the coast

know some spots were the bass hit your line just as you toss it in,,lol so many i have to toss back because i was over limit

 i could take you to a place called macorders,,its a natrual spring,,its so dang deep,,lol,,but soon as you toss in your line,,you get bass,,large and small mouth,,i like to fish for big small mouth my self,,,there is allways a chance you will bust the record:) record i think is like 9 pounds in washington,,but that was years ago when i looked,,lol

Lakes in Washington don't get big bass because the water is only warm

ya true!! but i live down in the desart part of washington,,water pretty warm during the summer,,some good sized bass down here i think,,plentifull

[2stony]

record i think is like 9 pounds in washington

     Last I looked a couple of years ago the record for large mouth was in the 11 pound range.

[hyena426]

wow,,11 pound bass,,,wouldnt that be nice?,,lol im going for 12 then!!,,jk ya small mouth i think its 9,,but that was a while ago

[2stony]

wow,,11 pound bass,,,wouldnt that be nice

     11 pounds is nothing compared to Mexico. There's a lake in Mexico they were pulling 19-20 lb. large mouth out  a couple of years ago. I guess down there you can catch 100-150 bass before noon(per person).

[hyena426]

guess the world record was caught in ga usa

George Washington Perry caught the 22 lb., 4 oz. lunker in Montgomery Lake near Jacksonville, Ga., in 1932. The record is now over 70 years old! It was Depression days and after officially weighing the huge fish they ate it! It took two nights to eat the thing.

[Frogm4n]

Why would you fish for bass( a garbage food fish) in the northwest. When you have steelhead, salmon, trout, halibuit, and other salt water varietys.

[hyena426]

a garbage food fish

It’s a well known fact that smallmouth bass eat crayfish and largemouth are more likely to eat another fish. Why the difference? It is really quite simple. From birth, smallmouth utilize rock structure for cover. Largemouth consistently seek out thick brushy cover. Considering the preferred habitat types it is only logical that the diet of each species will be dominated by the most abundant food source in the neighborhood. Crayfish live in and under rocks while most small pan fish and minnows seek out weeds and brush for nursery cover habitat. So a smallmouth living in the rocks will encounter crayfish more often than small forage fish. Examination of the smallmouth stomach will most often reveal crayfish
<~~so why is it a garbage food fish frog?,,its eating othere fish not garbage,,lol


there is no halibit were i live,,,,some rainbow trout<~~too small,,not much fight,,,good tasting in a pan,,i dont eat bass much,,i sport fish bass,,,if you catch a record bass in your state,,you will get all sorts of crap for it,,fishing sponcers will send you tons of free fishing gear,,,now thats what im talking about,,money fish,,lol,,plus good fighters,,and much better than catching carp or suckerfish

salmon and steelhead good fighters,,and tasty.,,but if you wanna talk big dog fish and good tasting ,,,go for a sturgen<~~now thats a fish,,some of them so big in my arena you have to have a 80foot boat to bring them in<~but they got limits,,so you cant bring in the big ones anymore

[Frogm4n]

For me its spear fishing or nothing at all. None of that ***** poll stuff. Catching fish that are smaller then you are. pffft

[hyena426]

oohh well,,,,fishing with a poll is fine for me and about 1 billion other fisher men who cant afford a divesuit and a charter boat to go fishing every weekend,,lol<~~think your going to disagree no matter what anyone says,,lol

nothing wrong with poll fishing frog,,and you said somthing about trout? i would love to see ya try and spearfish for trout in a 5 foot deep stream thats going faster than you can swim,,lol good luck:)

nothing wrong with spearfishing either,,not everyone lives next to the ocean,,poll fishing is plenty of fun,,plus you cant drink beer while spearfishing and barbq:),,,ehhehe

[capt. apathy]

actually for the freshwater fish the garbage eaters are the best.  for a pure freshwater you can't get much better eating than sturgeon, and what they eat would turn your stomach. trout are tastey and they eat mostly bugs.

but freshwater bass would be pretty low on my eating list, I just don't care for the flavor much.  steel-head,  salmon, and trout are better, but saltwater fish are much better than any of the fresh water fish (rockbass, ling-cod, halibut, shark)


  I have a few friends who fish for bass(they mostly live on the other side of the hill).  it seems fairly addictive, bass fisherman are some of the most fanatical about their sport.  it hasn't really caught on in the valley or on the coast like it has on the eastside.

[hyena426]

for a pure freshwater you can't get much better eating than sturgeon,

you got that right,,sturgon is freaking good i have to say,,and it is a sucker style fish,,just a big one that eats just about anything from the floor,,but damn they do have a good taste,,lol

[Mini D]

Originally posted by capt. apathy
it's not so much the californians we don't like.

Yes it is.