The first major trout plant for our area will be ocurring this week in the lakes between Reedsport and a point eight miles north of Florence. The waters being planted are: Alder, Buck and Dune lakes (850 legals and 36 trophy-sized rainbows each); Georgia and North Georgia (150 legal-sized rainbows each); Carter Lake (1,500 legals); Cleawox Lake (3,000 legal and 400 16-inchers); Elbow Lake (600 12-inchers); Erhart Lake (200 legals); Lost Lake (500 12-inchers); Munsel Lake (1,500 12-inchers and 150 16-inchers); Perkins Lake (200 legals and 36 16-inchers and Siltcoos Lagoon (850 legals and 70 16-inchers).
The Umpqua District trout planting schedule is now posted on the ODFW website and the plants will begin about four weeks later than last year in Cooper Creek Reservoir during the week beginning Feb. 22nd.
The Eugene Sportsman Show last weekend was interesting and well worth the five dollar admission(with the $2.00 BiMart coupon) and definitely whetted my appetite to attend this week’s much larger show in Portland.
Some very nice Tenmile Lake bass were weighed in at the county park in Lakeside last Saturday. The tournament was intended to raise money for the University of Oregon Bass Club. Despite not being heavily promoted, 24 two person teams participated. Almost all of the teams caught bass, with almost half the teams catching their limit – which for this tournament was three bass. A number of bass weighing at least four pounds were caught and the winning team of Jeremy McKay and Wendy Bernard weighed in three bass at 12.44 pounds and also weighed in the heaviest bass at 4.96 pounds. With some very good bass catches made last week it looks like Tenmile Lake is primed to produce some exceptional catches for the upcoming “Frostbite Open” which starts on February 20th. Last year 68 boats entered and a full field of 75 boats is expected this year.
I would like to thank the folks at TKR Outdoors, a new store in Winston catering to hunters and anglers. When I asked them where I could pick up a yearly Douglas County Parking Pass immediately upon paying for it, they made some phone calls and then drew me a map to help me get to the Douglas County Parks Office located in the County Courthouse at 1036 SE Douglas Ave. in Roseburg. After reaching the office, I purchased the $30 yearly pass for only $27 after my veteran’s discount – and they did insist on actually seeing my VA card before giving me the discount. The VA discount is the only one available for the Douglas County Pass.
I did get a grudging admission from the clerk that they would sell more county parking permits if there were more places to purchase them and get them immediately upon payment. But they did say many camp hosts could sell them and at least one of the Windy Cove campgrounds in Winchester Bay had a fax machine and could issue the yearly permit in a few minutes.
So now I’ve shelled out $27 for Douglas County, $30 for Coos County and $20 for Lane County($40 without the Senior Pass). The Coos County permit states that it is good for the County Park on South Tenmile Lake in Lakeside and at the RV park at Riley’s Ranch on Butterfield Lake in Hauser. The RV park expects to add 30 RV spaces this year to the 92 they already have and veterans can get up to five free nights camping per year after filling out the required paperwork at the Coos County Courthouse in Coquille.
I received an email two weeks ago from someone planning to take his young grand daughter fishing at Elbow Lake and wanting to know what to use. I resisted the urge to reply “more common sense” and suggested that he postpone the trip until later since Elbow Lake, at the time of the intended outing, had not received trout plants in nine months. Additionally, the lake’s warmwater fish would certainly be sluggish until the water warms up.
When taking a youngster fishing, their enjoyment should be the outing’s primary focus. Short attention spans require fast, or at least steady action and their smaller bodies need fishing tackle to match. The best way to ensure that your anticipated future fishing partner isn’t one – is to make sure their first few trips aren’t any fun.
from Pete’s Blog – PeteHeley.Com
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