Post by: Rufus on December 12, 2015, 10:11:22 AM
Post by: Reidus on December 12, 2015, 10:55:57 AM
Post by: syoungs on December 12, 2015, 11:12:53 AM
Post by: Sandberm on December 12, 2015, 11:17:28 AM
I wonder in Ice Harbor would be ok though?
Post by: RockChuck on December 12, 2015, 12:30:42 PM
Post by: Sandberm on December 17, 2015, 05:53:26 AM
The water can best be described as looking like weak coffee. I'll say 3-5 foot at best visibility. There was one trailer in the parking lot and when I went over the dike I could see a couple boats trolling slowly by the wing wall.
On a sidenote, when I left I stopped for a second at the overlook area a half mile or so from the dam on the drive out. A couple seconds after getting out of my pickup I heard a noise on the cliff that butts up against the north side of the road on the curve. A red fox was on the upper side of the cliff on the rock ledges UNDER the chain fence the dot puts over the rock wall to keep loose rocks from falling into the roadway. He quickly scrambled away as I tried to get in a position to take a quick pic. Thats only the second fox I have ever seen. Kind of cool. :)
Post by: RockChuck on December 22, 2015, 05:37:12 AM
Post by: Sandberm on December 24, 2015, 09:12:39 AM
Anyone been down there in the last week or so?
I went Tuesday afternoon. The first time Id been down there to fish since mid November. The wind was picking up but I thought, what the heck.
When I showed up there was one guy loading up and just one other boat on the water. The water was high but clear with no junk to speak of floating on top. Within an hour the other boat had left and I had the whole place to myself. I ended up catching a non clipped fish about 3pm. Probably a 5 pounder. I had no other hits. I was pulling plugs. Fished for 4 hrs.
On a side note....I find it really odd how this place has diminished in popularity. I remember one time in the late 90's, MID WEEK,standing up in my boat and counting over 90 other boats. Out of curiosity I showed back up the following Sunday to see how many boats I could count on a weekend and I totaled 128 while standing on the top of the dike above the boat launch. There might be 30 now at the peak of popularity.
Post by: Hot Lunch on December 24, 2015, 08:37:55 PM
Post by: Mr Mykiss on December 24, 2015, 09:09:48 PM
wild A runs averaging 3-5 poundsI almost fell off my chair. I can't believe that a fisherman would actually post this...the truth :chuckle:
I coulda swore that every steelhead someone catches around here is at least 8# and all salmon are either 25 or 30#.
My hat if off to you sir.
Post by: RockChuck on December 26, 2015, 02:49:27 PM
Post by: plugger on December 26, 2015, 05:13:06 PM
Post by: ribka on December 28, 2015, 10:22:26 AM
OK how about tips for ringold? From a boat same setup as mcnary shrimp and bobber or is the water to fast?
god luck bank fishing there
Try pencil lead 8 to 10 inches up try pink, orange, green size 12 white fish fly tipped with a maggot. 4 to 6 inch leader of 12 lb fluro. Needs to be stiffer than main line. Small pink san juan worms work well too on this set up. Change color if no hits in 20 to 30 minutes. I like 14 lb braid and a 10 lb fluro leader
Slight quarter cast up stream, count to 5 reel up slack, raise rod tip and slowly bounce downstream
m with current.8 ft plus rod work well to keep line off of water. Any hesitation, set hook. Based on experience the smaller flies , lures work better.
Post by: RockChuck on December 29, 2015, 06:09:06 AM