Fishing Report
Winter Steelhead has been chugging along as expected. March and early April are usually the most
productive times for winter steelhead fishing.
As long as the rains keep coming, the fishing should continue to be good
in all of the local rivers from the Hood
to the Sandy
Rainbow Trout fishing has continued to be fabulous on the Deschutes River Deschutes .
Now I did something that I am not too proud of, but I have
always wanted to do. It was just a
confirmation that I don’t need to do it again, but everyone should probably try
it at least once just for the experience.
Many anglers do find it quite enjoyable, but it wasn’t really my style.
I went to a local lake to catch the “jumbo broodstock”
rainbow trout that have been planted throughout the winter. The specific lake I went to is in Washington , and it is closed
from March 1-April 22. There are several
lakes in the area that stock them during the winter.
There is still something cool about catching a 12-15 lb.
trout, regardless of whether all of the fins are worn down. I couldn’t get most of them into my small
trout net; the smallest one did fit at 24”.
The big ones didn’t try too hard to get away when I set them on my legs
as they stuck out from my Fat Cat.
The most enjoyable thing about the day for me was sending
pictures to Ryan, knowing that his jealousy was building with every 30” trout
that I landed while he was working. Ryan
did not know that these fish were missing most of their fins (I took carefully
crafted pictures).
Smallmouth Bass fishing has not changed much. Ryan hasn’t been out in the past week, so
there is no new report. It has been
tough in general, but any day now the water should hit about 47 and the fish
should get really active.
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