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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: TheHunt on November 27, 2011, 09:45:14 AM

Title: Grande Ronde River
Post by: TheHunt on November 27, 2011, 09:45:14 AM: Took my son back to WSU yesterday. We went early and hit the Ronde and the Snake. We should have left the eggs at home. It made it too easy we also picked up some spoons to see if we can learn how to fish those buggers. We did OK for beginners. We switched to purple jigs and black jigs. The black jigs had orange heads.... Those kicked!!!

We went to the Snake for a few hours and fish two holes there we found a few weeks earlier. We pulled out our eggs again and bang. We left and handed our eggs to another gear fisherman down there who was just meat fishing.
Title: Re: Grande Ronde River
Post by: allen on November 28, 2011, 03:45:04 PM: Glad to hear of your success. But, not being personally familar with those rivers what are we talking here? Steelhead, catfish, crappies? What size?

My brother in law from Spokane comes over here (Southwest Wash.) a few times a year to fish & we were recently talking about eastside rivers & speciifically drifting the Grande Ronde in the fall for steelhead so my interest in your posting.

Allen
Title: Re: Grande Ronde River
Post by: B.G.hunter on November 28, 2011, 04:09:54 PM: Steelhead is what he is taking about and the Grande Ronde has good numbers of fish just not many big ones. So it is a fun trip just don't expect a 15lb fish.
Title: Re: Grande Ronde River
Post by: allen on November 28, 2011, 08:36:58 PM: Thanks for the info. Will back burner it for subsequent years. Can't go now especially with winters starting to show & the rivers dropping.

Allen
Title: Re: Grande Ronde River
Post by: CountryslickR on November 28, 2011, 09:24:35 PM: Quote from: allen on November 28, 2011, 08:36:58 PM
Thanks for the info. Will back burner it for subsequent years. Can't go now especially with winters starting to show & the rivers dropping.

Allen

Winter is the best time for Steelhead!!!!! Just put a propane heater in the boat! Had my best days steelheadin when the snow was flyin..
Title: Re: Grande Ronde River
Post by: allen on November 29, 2011, 03:50:31 PM: I agree. What I meant was with action picking up in the home waters no need to head clear accross the state. If the brother in law wants to fish steelies he can come over here.
Title: Re: Grande Ronde River
Post by: JLS on November 29, 2011, 04:00:28 PM: Maybe you should leave the eggs at home when fishing the Grand Ronde, since it is selective gear rules?
Title: Re: Grande Ronde River
Post by: CountryslickR on November 29, 2011, 04:15:42 PM: Quote from: allen on November 29, 2011, 03:50:31 PM
I agree. What I meant was with action picking up in the home waters no need to head clear accross the state. If the brother in law wants to fish steelies he can come over here.

Gotcha! I hear ya on fish in the local rivers and no reason to travel for them.... Although, taking the wall tent and making a week or so out of it can be a great time!
Title: Re: Grande Ronde River
Post by: woodywsu on November 29, 2011, 07:16:21 PM: Quote from: JLS on November 29, 2011, 04:00:28 PM
Maybe you should leave the eggs at home when fishing the Grand Ronde, since it is selective gear rules?

Sure about that?
Title: Re: Grande Ronde River
Post by: JLS on November 29, 2011, 07:21:33 PM: Woody,

My bad, the stretch from the County Rd Bridge to the mouth is selective gear rules right now. From the bridge to the state line is not. So, I guess my answer is "it depends"?
Title: Re: Grande Ronde River
Post by: woodywsu on November 29, 2011, 07:26:00 PM: I know. I'm sure he was fishing stateline to bogans maybe shumaker.
Title: Re: Grande Ronde River
Post by: PNWsportsman on November 29, 2011, 07:33:08 PM: Good to hear you found success! I'm hoping to take the drift boat down there and try it out shortly.
Title: Re: Grande Ronde River
Post by: huntnnw on November 30, 2011, 12:41:08 AM: Love that river will be on it shortly for the next few months
Title: Re: Grande Ronde River
Post by: Dhoey07 on November 30, 2011, 09:30:38 AM: Quote from: woodywsu on November 29, 2011, 07:26:00 PM
I know. I'm sure he was fishing stateline to bogans maybe shumaker.

Its an hour and a half drive from either shumakers or bogan's to the mouth. Not sure why you would drive that far if you were "killing
" them on eggs? :dunno:
Title: Re: Grande Ronde River
Post by: TheHunt on December 01, 2011, 01:52:28 PM: I just heard there is another East side river that has to be doing well with steel. There are 20+ rigs at the mouth every morning for the last two mornings. PM me if your interested.