tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646928162822292672024-03-19T01:47:51.366-07:00Rain Or Shine (an outdoor column)A column about how to get completely lost in the woods, wild-harvesting strange things from nature, and exploring unknown rivers.Randall Bonnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458971733275922492noreply@blogger.comBlogger345125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164692816282229267.post-87510504749339153582022-08-31T10:59:00.001-07:002022-08-31T11:02:06.149-07:00Spoons on the Situk for Coho<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD6wcl-JcBQwRfJ-43aL2LNFe11ubBWoD6xzS0xKZ9Xrjy8eHM6Yq4-7P4_kdV3ABT4Udmp1rGvUSUWRsyQfWuF_KIOLMXKgFXgmmG7vYt0fDZGKdrlmjnoE8ST87oKYuFCBqWjvFhqLfuxhBJokJTSYrr-ZiWzy7f-U2vbTOB3rxNXDXby39qhq-8/s1080/IMG_20220831_064549_543.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD6wcl-JcBQwRfJ-43aL2LNFe11ubBWoD6xzS0xKZ9Xrjy8eHM6Yq4-7P4_kdV3ABT4Udmp1rGvUSUWRsyQfWuF_KIOLMXKgFXgmmG7vYt0fDZGKdrlmjnoE8ST87oKYuFCBqWjvFhqLfuxhBJokJTSYrr-ZiWzy7f-U2vbTOB3rxNXDXby39qhq-8/s320/IMG_20220831_064549_543.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><b>This article was chosen as the cover story of the August 2022 issue of Alaska Sporting Journal.</b></span> </p><p>Spinners and twitching jigs are pretty standard approaches for targeting coho. The versatility of spoons allows anglers to combine elements fur and metal from both tactics to catch fish that have often seen the same two techniques again and again. Fished with a steady retrieve, drift, and/or a few twitches in the mix, the combination of flash with the erratic movement of natural materials are the best of both worlds. Given, there always circumstances in which a spinner or twitching jig are better options, but a spoon can effectively target fish in some situations that aren't possible with other conventional methods.<br /><br />The variety of components available to customize spoons allows the lure to be fished in different environments with different depths and current speeds. When throwing into brush, having a single hook on a split ring with the point facing up from the concave side of the spoon allows the slow wobble from side to side to slide over limbs without snagging up, making it a deadly presentation for the mangrove of willows and timber that makes the Situk known for it's incredible coho habitat.<br /><br />Swivels are a necessary component to building a spoon, but different configurations serve different purposes. While a swivel on the tail end of a spoon attached to a hook may help prevent a spinning coho from spitting the hook, it does very little for line twist during your retrieve. A swivel built into a split ring on the top of a spoon will help prevent line twist while minimizing the profile of the components. A snap swivel is a slightly larger component, but allows an angler to swap out presentations faster and more effectively. The usefulness of this feature will become evident when a noticeable difference in environmental conditions (sunlight, water clarity, etc.) occurs, turning the fish off to one color and on to another with a brief moment to make those game-changing decisions.<br /><br /> Coho that are resting in the current breaks of brushlines are often settled into very shallow areas with lots of potential snags. These areas hold lots of fish that see very little pressure because they're difficult to target with conventional methods of twitching jigs, spinners, and even spoons. Twitching jigs fall into the zone quickly, but shallow water leaves very little room for their range of motion, which is reduced even more by the presence of snags. A spinner may be more effective in this kind of water, but if the fish are tight to the bank, the effectiveness of the action from a spinner is reduced from the moment it hits the water until the retrieve begins the spin of the blade around the body. Sometimes getting the blade to turn over requires those first few cranks of the reel during the first few feet of your retrieve, meaning you're not actually fishing effectively until you're beyond the strike zone of those fish hanging tight to the brush along the banks. Fished alone, a spoon has a very limited range of motion with a very tight wobble and sinks much faster, meaning it's probably going to find snags before it finds a biter.</p><p>Beyond snaps, swivels, split rings, hooks and configurations, add-ons that turn the hook into an articulated/jointed profile not only create a deadly presentation that will draw the attention of finicky biters and pressured fish, but change the sink rate and action of a spoon so you can fish areas that other anglers avoid all-together. One example of a popular add-on to a metal presentation is a hoochie squid, especially when it comes to spinners. Even with the tight rotation of the blade, the wire body and hook built in to these lures will spin. The addition of a hoochie skirt will provide colorful movement to the flash of the blade, with the rotating tentacles spinning like the bristles on a drive-thru car wash or a tu-tu on a dancing ballerina. Hoochie skirts move a little differently on a spoon, but they create a wider, more erratic articulated side-to-side motion like a kokanee dodger that can be fished at a much slower retrieve, or jerked and twitched mid-retrieve to make it turn over. Using a hoochie in combination with crystal flash or tinsel will reflect more light from the full profile of the lure, while the addition of darker colors can create a presentation with more contrast. Tying hoochie skirts on a hook with a vise before building them into a split ring on the tail end of a spoon will not only prevent them from sliding down the hook, but allow you to creative with your add-ons (more on that later).<br /><br />One of the most simple add-ons for hardware is soft-plastics. They're easy to thread on and remove to replace or change presentations, which might be their best and worst attributes. Most soft plastics don't hold up quite as well as the plastics from a hoochie squid and need to be frequently replaced. Different shapes and styles of soft plastics create different movement. For example, a trimmed down steeelhead worm might create more subtle articulated motion and a faster fall than the resistance from a curly tail grub.<br /><br />While I've fished jetty spinners with hoochies for chinook, I never really dove too far into experimenting with soft plastics on hardware until I did a season of guiding for Coho on the Situk. Back home, I had plenty of success targeting coho on spinners on coastal rivers, and adding anything else to them seemed like overkill. One day, a client was leaving Yakutat on a jet and asked me if I wanted a few packs of curly tailed crappie grubs from Bass Pro Shops he was planning to leave behind. "I'm not sure how I would use those, but it's hard to resist free tackle, so sure, I'll take em!" A few days later, I was fishing spinners during what seemed to me like a slow bite until I kept passing other guide boats that were roping in fish. I paid close attention to what they were using, and to my frustration, all of them were throwing spinners too. This made me question what they were doing differently that was working for them but not for me. I began to notice I was the only guide without a hoochie on my client's spinners, and realized I didn't have any in my tacklebox. What I did have were those crappie grubs given to me by a client a few days ago, and nothing to lose by giving them a try. I found myself in somewhat of a survival situation that made me recall a quote by Theodore Roosevelt: <i></i></p><blockquote><i>"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." </i></blockquote>I grabbed a black body chartreuse tail crappie grub, which was the same color pattern as my most effective twitching jig that week, threaded the soft plastic on the hook of a chrome spinner and sent it into battle. That became my "aha moment." My so-called "luck" changed almost immediately, and turned the second half of the day around into an action packed afternoon of catching coho. I never threw another naked spinner the rest of that season.<br /><br />Another part of this learning curve happened when I was having a conversation with a client that I had been having luck on a spoon with a hoochie that I found in a snag and tied on the end of a client's rod that was struggling to get a spinner to turn over with their slow and erratic retrieve. I explained how the action of the spoon actually made it easier to fish in certain situations, like shallow water brushlines. Enthusiastic about wanting to try throwing his own spoons he brought, he reached into his tacklebox and tied on a spoon with no trailer, tossing it into a shallow brushline at a visible group of fish. We watched his spoons sink like shiny rocks and get caught in snags. Recalling that I still had all those crappie grubs, I threaded one on a spoon for him and it was like hitting a switch. The sink rate of that spoon changed drastically and the bite was on again.<br /><br />Another difference I noticed fishing metal was that fish would often violently strike a spinner during a retrieve and immediately spit it out while the clients never even knew there was a bite. Once I began to add soft plastics to metal, I observed multiple occasions where the fish not only chomped the presentation, but completely inhaled the hook with the soft-plastic trailer beyond their gills, which is something to consider for catch and release fisheries. Regardless, they stopped spitting out the spinners and allowed more time for clients to react. Soft plastics are less durable and typically only useful for a fish or two before they begin to slide down the hook, but they are convenient to replace or change color combinations on the fly.<br /><br />Marabou, tinsel, chenille, rabbit fur, and other fly-tying materials can be tied onto a hook with a vise for a more permanent solution that is a little more aesthetically pleasing. These materials will add additional color and flash to the profile, but with less resistance than soft plastics when moving through the water column for a tighter wobble and a faster sink rate that doesn't compromise the size of the profile and it's articulated motion. The erratic movements are a little more sharp and fish better with a faster retrieve or with more twitches and jerks. When tying materials to your hook, bear in mind that they will be matted down once they're wet. Long pieces of marabou will be thin and extend well beyond the hook, which along with the fact it will taste like a mouth full of feathers might create more potential for short bites.<br /><br />Regardless of what you add, color combinations can really come into play with varying conditions. When creating color schemes, you might want to think in the same terms of your selections for twitching jigs and spinners. On sunny days when you might reach for a chrome spinner or a black and chartreuse twitching jig, a chrome spoon with a black body and chartreuse tail grub is a go-to combo. While fishing with fellow writers Dave Vedder and Scott Sauder on the Situk, I was excited to show them the pattern that had been working so well for me that week, but in the afternoon clouds rolled in and the bite died. Dave mentioned he liked throwing brass, gold, and copper on cloudy or rainy days, so I pulled out a copper spoon with a red/orange/yellow flame pattern tied on the hook with marabou, rabbit fur and tinsel that I hadn't tried yet and found success. On similar days with similar conditions, a copper spoon with an orange curly tail grub did well for me, even when visibility wasn't ideal. A white-chrome patterned R&B spoon with a trimmed down section of a seahawk pattern Western Fishing Operations worm on the hook seemed to work well when nothing else would. On partly cloudy days with lots of light in low-clear water, black spoons with pink trailers, pink chrome with purple trailers, and blue chrome with chartreuse trailers also seemed to work well.<br /><br />These additional luxury options to the standard configurations will expand the possibilities and opportunities for catching more fish. Understanding the tactical versatility of add-ons for spoons makes spoon-feeding silver salmon a bowl of fun!<br /><br /><br /><p></p>Randall Bonnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458971733275922492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164692816282229267.post-56462477502318037882022-05-31T14:16:00.001-07:002022-05-31T14:16:07.056-07:00Rock Stacking Cairns<p> <span style="background-color: #2c2622; color: #3a3a3a; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", sans-serif; font-size: 21px; text-align: right;"> </span></p><header class="amp-wp-title-bar" style="align-items: center; background: rgb(44, 38, 34); color: #3a3a3a; display: flex; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", sans-serif; font-size: 21px; justify-content: space-between;"><div class="site-name" style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; padding: 20px 0px; text-align: center; width: 128px;"><a class="logo" href="https://www.wideopenspaces.com/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #ab7c2b; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_top"><amp-img class="amp-wp-a1d9218 i-amphtml-layout-fixed-height i-amphtml-layout-size-defined i-amphtml-element i-amphtml-built i-amphtml-layout" data-amp-original-style="max-width: 182px;" height="64" i-amphtml-auto-lightbox-visited="" i-amphtml-layout="fixed-height" layout="fixed-height" src="https://www-wideopenspaces-com.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/AW/s/www.wideopenspaces.com/wp-content/themes/spaces21/assets/static/WOS_86x64px_Mobile_Header_Logo.png" style="--loader-delay-offset: 285ms !important; 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letter-spacing: var(--h1--letter-spacing); line-height: var(--h1--line-height); margin-bottom: 30px; min-height: 50px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;">ROCK STACKING, OR 'CAIRNS,' CAN HAVE A BIGGER ECOLOGICAL IMPACT THAN YOU REALIZE</h1><hr style="background-color: #bdbdbd; border: 0px; height: 1px; margin: 10px auto; padding: 0px; width: 224px;" /><div class="amp-wp-meta" style="color: #a1a1a1; font-size: var(--entry-byline-font-size); letter-spacing: 0.02em; line-height: initial; margin-bottom: 16px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; width: 280px;"><span class="byline">BY <a href="https://www.wideopenspaces.com/author/randall-bonner/" rel="author" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_top">RANDALL BONNER</a></span> | <time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2020-12-31T09:00:23-06:00">DECEMBER 31, 2020</time></div><div class="header-ad centered" style="margin-bottom: 30px; text-align: center;"><amp-ad class="i-amphtml-layout-fixed i-amphtml-layout-size-defined i-amphtml-element i-amphtml-built i-amphtml-layout" data-a4a-upgrade-type="amp-ad-network-doubleclick-impl" data-amp-experiment-id="1002,1102,401" data-amp-slot-index="0" data-block-on-consent="_auto_reject" data-google-query-id="CMGAzZ3UivgCFX6HfwQdye0FbQ" data-slot="/33020490/WOS_AMP_300x250_1" height="250" i-amphtml-layout="fixed" json="{"targeting":{"cat":"wilderness","subcat":"","isHome":"false","isArticle":"true","isPage":"false","postID":"114762","site":"wosprod","customer":"None","programmatic":"yes"}}" rtc-config="{"urls":["https://amspbs.com/openrtb2/amp?tag_id=5f25dd61-0aed-49c5-8084-d1f061ec834f"],"vendors":{"aps":{"PUB_ID":"600","PUB_UUID":"b27071e3-9cd5-4188-a9ed-a0a266923454"}}}" style="direction: ltr; 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font-size: var(--h2--font-size); letter-spacing: var(--h2--letter-spacing); line-height: var(--h2--line-height); overflow-wrap: break-word;"><em>Rock stacking might appear to be a harmless and fun outdoor activity, but it's still detrimental to fragile riparian ecosystems.</em></h2><p style="letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 38px; margin: 0px 0px 40px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">While I was attending a small festival outside of town one <a href="https://www.wideopenspaces.com/field-streams-small-easy-to-pack-hammock-will-swing-you-through-summer/" style="color: #ab7c2b; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_top">summer</a>, a heat wave struck that sent dozens of campers scrambling into a nearby creek to go for a dip and cool off in the shade and serenity of a trickling stream.</p><p style="letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 38px; margin: 0px 0px 40px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">It became the hub for <a href="https://amzn.to/2t5KRSM" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #ab7c2b; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">campers</a> that day; some threw sticks for their dogs, some wandered up and down the creek picking berries, and some creatively stacked rocks into "cairns," Gaelic for "heap of stones."</p><p style="letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 38px; margin: 0px 0px 40px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">As I observed these rock stacks, I noticed that they were formed directly in front of a marker for a <a href="https://www.wideopenspaces.com/flyfishing-for-atlantic-salmon-is-beautiful-in-any-language/" style="color: #ab7c2b; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_top">salmon</a> stream survey.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media amp-wp-f5d1eb6" data-amp-original-style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 3px; 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font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BJZmF-uBZ68/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Rock stacking, dead center in the middle of a salmon spawning survey. Nobody thinks this sort of thing through, and that is why this is going to be my next article. #WideOpenSpaces #RainOrShine #Cairns #RockStacking #RockPiling #cairn #salmon</a></p><p class="amp-wp-fae0541" data-amp-original-style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;" style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 17px; margin: 8px 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0px 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by Randy Bonner (@randalljbonner) on <time class="amp-wp-d926c3c" data-amp-original-style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;" datetime="2016-08-22T05:52:40+00:00" style="line-height: 17px;">Aug 21, 2016 at 10:52pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><div class="entry-ad centered" style="margin: 0px 0px 40px; text-align: center;"><amp-ad class="i-amphtml-layout-fixed i-amphtml-layout-size-defined i-amphtml-element i-amphtml-built i-amphtml-layout" data-a4a-upgrade-type="amp-ad-network-doubleclick-impl" data-amp-experiment-id="1002,1102,401" data-amp-slot-index="1" data-block-on-consent="_auto_reject" data-google-query-id="CMCWzZ3UivgCFS6KfwQdnxEC1A" data-slot="/33020490/WOS_AMP_FlyingCarpet" height="250" i-amphtml-layout="fixed" json="{"targeting":{"cat":"wilderness","subcat":"","isHome":"false","isArticle":"true","isPage":"false","postID":"114762","site":"wosprod","customer":"None","programmatic":"yes"}}" rtc-config="{"urls":["https://amspbs.com/openrtb2/amp?tag_id=c842f34f-453d-4a71-9b96-34448f10024c"],"vendors":{"aps":{"PUB_ID":"600","PUB_UUID":"b27071e3-9cd5-4188-a9ed-a0a266923454"}}}" style="direction: ltr; display: inline-block; height: 250px; overflow: hidden !important; position: relative; width: 300px;" type="doubleclick" width="300"><div class="entry-ad-placeholder amp-hidden" placeholder="" style="inset: 0px !important; line-height: normal; position: absolute !important; visibility: hidden; z-index: 1;"></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" allowtransparency="" aria-label="Advertisement" class="i-amphtml-fill-content" frameborder="0" height="250" id="google_ads_iframe_3" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" referrerpolicy="unsafe-url" role="region" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation" scrolling="no" style="border-style: initial !important; border-width: 0px !important; display: block; height: 250px; inset: 0px; margin: auto; max-height: 100%; max-width: 100%; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px !important; position: absolute; width: 300px;" tabindex="0" title="3rd party ad content" width="300"></iframe></amp-ad></div><p style="letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 38px; margin: 0px 0px 40px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">These temporary natural installations may be an expression of patience and balance to the ego of the builder, but to some naturalists who practice "Leave No Trace" ethics, to stack rocks is often seen as nothing more than evidence left behind that the environment was disturbed by a human intrusion, natural graffiti, and vandalism of habitat.</p><p style="letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 38px; margin: 0px 0px 40px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">These disturbances and geological games of Jenga leave behind more than just footprints, and can be potentially damaging to the life cycles of organisms connected to the a natural area's river rock.</p><p style="letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 38px; margin: 0px 0px 40px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Beyond the visual disturbance of natural environments, each rock in a stream is blooming with life. Everything from aquatic plants to micro-organisms are attached to those rocks. They also create habitat for crustaceans and nymphs.</p><p style="letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 38px; margin: 0px 0px 40px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Crevices in the rocks hold eggs in salmon redds to be fertilized, supporting those eggs until they grow into fry and begin feeding off the very critters that were hatching off of and crawling around those same rocks.</p><div class="entry-ad centered" style="margin: 0px 0px 40px; text-align: center;"><amp-ad class="i-amphtml-layout-fixed i-amphtml-layout-size-defined i-amphtml-element i-amphtml-built i-amphtml-layout" data-a4a-upgrade-type="amp-ad-network-doubleclick-impl" data-amp-experiment-id="1002,1102,401" data-amp-slot-index="2" data-block-on-consent="_auto_reject" data-google-query-id="COmxzZ3UivgCFWaJfwQdg_QFZQ" data-slot="/33020490/WOS_AMP_300x250_1" height="250" i-amphtml-layout="fixed" json="{"targeting":{"cat":"wilderness","subcat":"","isHome":"false","isArticle":"true","isPage":"false","postID":"114762","site":"wosprod","customer":"None","programmatic":"yes"}}" rtc-config="{"urls":["https://amspbs.com/openrtb2/amp?tag_id=5f25dd61-0aed-49c5-8084-d1f061ec834f"],"vendors":{"aps":{"PUB_ID":"600","PUB_UUID":"b27071e3-9cd5-4188-a9ed-a0a266923454"}}}" style="direction: ltr; display: inline-block; height: 250px; overflow: hidden !important; position: relative; width: 300px;" type="doubleclick" width="300"><div class="entry-ad-placeholder amp-hidden" placeholder="" style="inset: 0px !important; line-height: normal; position: absolute !important; visibility: hidden; z-index: 1;"></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" allowtransparency="" aria-label="Advertisement" class="i-amphtml-fill-content" frameborder="0" height="250" id="google_ads_iframe_4" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" referrerpolicy="unsafe-url" role="region" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation" scrolling="no" style="border-style: initial !important; border-width: 0px !important; display: block; height: 250px; inset: 0px; margin: auto; max-height: 100%; max-width: 100%; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px !important; position: absolute; width: 300px;" tabindex="0" title="3rd party ad content" width="300"></iframe></amp-ad></div><p style="letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 38px; margin: 0px 0px 40px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">You could be lifting the roof off the home of a crawfish, or disturbing the cradle for the future generations of already dwindling salmon runs. Removing rocks from fragile stream habitats is essentially the equivalent to removing bricks from someone else's home while raiding their refrigerator and food pantry.</p><p style="letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 38px; margin: 0px 0px 40px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">The mentality that stacks of stones "won't hurt anything" takes away from the fact this growing trend has become a problem for national parks where millions of visitors frequent each year. The Ozark National Scenic Riverways receive 1.3 million visitors annually, many of which will disturb streams in a number of ways, prompting a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Ozarkriverways/photos/a.151842911547236.33098.151841191547408/919414924790027/?type=3&theater" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #ab7c2b; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">public announcement</a> about the practice of building cairns:</p><p style="letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 38px; margin: 0px 0px 40px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">In most United States national parks, moving or dislodging rocks is against the rules and rangers are encouraged to knock rock piles down.</p><p style="letter-spacing: 0.1px; line-height: 38px; margin: 0px 0px 40px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Columbia River Fisheries Sampler Kevin Gray has almost a decade-long experience in stream surveying, spawning ground analysis and fish passage. 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I don't necessarily disagree with that statement, but he goes on to say</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> that "There's no such thing as a good fishing dog." On that subject, I disagree. In fact, I'm proud to say that my best friend just happens to be one. He's always ready to go to the river, he never complains, and he's always got my back (well, most of the time at least). There have been times when I've broken off my last bobber and he's swam out there to retrieve it on command. How many of your fishing buddies will do that for you?<br /><br />It's quite possible that I've just gotten lucky, but I've learned a lot from fishing with him for the past thirteen years, and wanted to share some of what he's taught me (because that's how it works, not the other way around). Whether you're looking for a fishing dog, or trying to make one out of the dog you have, hopefully some of my experience with Wrangler will turn your canine into a good luck charm, which, for starters, is about as high as you should be setting the bar for your expectations from your canine companion. As far as your expectations as their provider and caretaker, be mindful of broken glass, hooks, line, bait, salmon poisoning, and traffic.<br /><br />Wrangler is an Australian Cattledog x Australian Kelpie mix that has been the subject in the background of many friends who have fished with us and had successful days on the water. His signature photobombs are ironic to me, because in reality, he actually hates being photographed. He will shy away from me the instant he sees I'm trying to take his picture. His fascination with fish is an exception to the rule, and he weasels his way into the frame of whoever happens to be there with us, intensely focused on the fish. They say pets resemble their owners, and that's the only explanation I really have for this behavior.<br /><br />Behind the scenes, there's plenty of "Hey, back up! Get outta the way!" He just wants to be where the action is. I'm fortunate that when the fishing is slow, he gets bored and stays out of the way. If we're on the bank, he'll chew on sticks or dig up a little bed to lay in, and keep himself occupied while we wait for a bite. If we're in a boat, he tends to hunker down somewhere, and everyone seems to forget he's even there. Once the net comes out, he's up and at 'em. Not really in the way, just attentive and curious. As he's gotten older, sometimes a fish will hit the deck, and before the hootin' and hollerin' is done, he's got that look like, "Yeah, another cookie cutter chromer. Wake me up when you join the dub-club." Then he'll wander back to his hunkering down spot and go back to bed.<br /><br />The good news is that there is such a thing as a good fishing dog. The bad news is that not every dog is going to be a good fishing buddy. Gierach says that, "Most of these beasts are retrievers that think they can do to trout what they've been trained to do to ducks. It may sound cute, but it's not. Stay away from people who take their dogs fishing." I don't know about the rest of you, but that quote hurts my feelings and makes me want to cover Wrangler's ears when I read it out loud. He just might be the exception to the rule. As far as rules go, here's a few to keep in mind:<br /><br />Plan for a day fishing with your dog like you would a significant other. I would encourage you to read Josiah Darr's STS article on "Finding a keeper," and apply a great deal of his advice on relationships and fishing to creating a positive experience for your dog. Make sure it's comfortable, warm, and has plenty of snacks. Keep a positive mental attitude throughout the day and associate fishing with fun. If you're constantly yelling at your wet dog in the rain when it's 34 degrees after you've hiked a few miles into a river gorge, you're not going to have a good time. <br /><br />With that being said, that is exactly the kind of scenario that is plausible after a 13 year relationship, but you've got to work you way up to that. Start small, particularly with your own expectations. My first trip out with Wrangler as a puppy was in a tippy canoe during the summer. Him feeling the boat wobble around a bit was a clue not to move around too much. He's always hunkered down ever since. If things went wrong, the hazards were minimal. Minimizing those hazards could be the difference between associating falling out of a boat a "Whoopsie-daisy" experience, or severe trauma that associates boats with danger and fear. Maybe by the time they're 12, you can tuck them under the bow onto a piece of cardboard when it's 28 degrees and pouring sleet in the Tongass National Forest, which is exactly what I did with fellow STS writer Tony Ensalaco while fishing the Situk in Yakutat, Alaska.<br /><br />Prepare them for old age at a young age. Use hand signals along with your voice, because there may come a day when they can't hear your commands (or requests, depending on how you look at it). Hand signals are also helpful in situations that require some stealth. Wrangler began losing his hearing at 11. It got progressively worse, especially when we started doing a lot of hunting together, which is something to keep in mind if you want a gun-dog. <br /><br />I'm so used to him following me everywhere that I tend to stay focused on the water. One day I was fishing a spot for an hour before moving downstream a few hundred yards, then realized he wasn't with me. Slightly panicked, I ran back to the spot I moved from, and found him there basking in the sun, sound asleep. While in his younger years he could hear a piece of kibble fall into his bowl from a quarter mile away, at 12 years old, the sound of rapids and the warmth of the sun in early March is like a lullaby to a dog that's too deaf to wake up to me beating brush.<br /><br />On the note of beating brush, if you plan on hiking in and out of river gorges and having a dog that swims, runs, retrieves ducks and bobbers and hauls loads of chanterelles and morels in saddlebags while jumping over logs, you need to start giving them supplements BEFORE their joints begin to give way. Maybe not as a puppy, but once you start to see them reach their full physical potential in peak condition, start a vitamin regimen, particularly with glucosamine and fish oil. Avoid excess fats like bacon grease in their later years, as it can cause serious pancreatic stress, or even cancer. Those fish skin leftovers on your plate or the sinew from your buck are a natural source for those vitamins as well, and healthier treats than pork belly.<br /><br />Choose a breed that you're compatible with. Retrievers are great water dogs, but sometimes their love for the water means they're going to be constantly in it. Hounds are going to follow their nose, and there's lots of stinky stuff for them to get into while you're fishing. A chihuahua is compact and portable, but is it really built for beating brush along the banks or being on an all day float in winter weather? Don't get me wrong, I've seen plenty of various breeds make excellent fishing dogs, but there's a few things about small Australian breeds that make them my favorite:<br /><br />They're tough as nails. They're literally built for being kicked by cattle as a herding breed. They're going to be able to withstand poor weather conditions and putting in miles on foot.<br /><br />They're agile. A popular breed for frisbee competitions and freestyle tricks, getting in and out of a boat without breaking rods and getting tangled in line comes naturally as those things are just seen as obstacles to avoid.<br /><br />They're obedient and loyal, sometimes to the point they're neurotic. They're better suited for following you everywhere without a leash.<br /><br />They're compact, but have a lot of attitude in a small package. If you leave your gear in the truck with the dog, it's probably going to protect it's space and your belongings. If you make contact with an aggressive animal, it's going to protect it's space as well as yours.<br /><br />There's exceptions to these rules too. While fishing in Alaska, I had to fend off an otter that followed a steelhead I hooked to the bank. While I had a short scuffle with the critter, Wrangler never budged from his perch right behind me. I guess he figured I had things under control, but I'm just thankful it wasn't a wolf, cougar, or a grizzly. While telling the tale back at the lodge, I heard a story of a group of otters carrying off a corgi to it's death, and a pair of cattledogs that tag teamed a grizzly, running circles around it and biting it in the rear end. Who knows if these tales are actually true, but they're a testament to the reality of bringing a dog with you that will have your six (most of the time).<br /><br />Regardless of what breed of dog you bring to the water, understand that every dog has it's own individual personality, and a large part of it's character is developed through it's experiences with you. Start them young and introduce them to as much as you can. They say that "you can't teach an old dog new tricks," and maybe that's true. But when you know your dog well enough that it's trained you to adapt to it's behavior, you can begin to find ways to manipulate those behaviors to your benefit. When I figured out I could get Wrangler to fetch a stick in the water by throwing rocks and watching him swim towards the splash, I figured out I could get him to retrieve a bobber years later. I used the same trick to teach him to retrieve waterfowl for the first time when he was 11 years old. As you grow together and get comfortable with each other, build their confidence by beginning to push their limits, and you'll be surprised by what they can handle when you put your trust in them.<br /><br /><i><b>This article was written a year ago when Wrangler and I returned from an adventure hunting whitetail in my home state of Alabama for our birthday (which we share). Because he had began showing his age and knowing that he would soon no longer be able take flights with me as a service dog, my mother suggested that I write this article while Wrangler was still alive. The article sat in a pile of unpublished work until he was struck by a vehicle last fall and died without suffering. I will miss him pulling deer bones out of the compost pile. Tearing open my friend's new gore-tex dry bag to get to a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Chasing the seagulls away while pumping sand shrimp. Dropping sticks at everyone's feet and goosing all my first dates as a test to see if they're "cool." I'll miss his nose against the window as we drove down 101, and rolling down the window so he could take in the scenery and get a whiff of that ocean breeze. It's tough opening the door to my vehicle without saying "Load up!" or "Roll out!" I'm doing my best to look forward and just trust that his spirit is at my heels without looking back there for him. I have never given a friend so much freedom that still chose to stay so close to me. I hope to find peace knowing that I gave him a better life full of adventures that most humans will never have the opportunity to experience for themselves, and vow to carry his legacy of loyalty, courage, and love with me forever. In memory of Wrangler, January 27th, 2007- October 30th, 2020</b></i><br /></span>Randall Bonnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458971733275922492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164692816282229267.post-55423234676869323162021-12-18T07:34:00.004-08:002021-12-18T07:37:38.147-08:00Expect to Self Rescue, No One is Coming<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1p4V4oEyq6Ejp2wQHjJqPD6L5jUHDJ5XbNUW_01_0BVbL2h9hcPVRNn3MGGcDFwQP45tGsJG__UYxoP_ACZHDrv2q5fXQVanMlEL9J114vBv-SSw5l3BXONpDL8QWhxgSre2B5AtMYXiWaKOTI_5WMffvgJgPmoJyZVh6gcOlzbrLRnZUUqW_TWy-=s986" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="547" data-original-width="986" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1p4V4oEyq6Ejp2wQHjJqPD6L5jUHDJ5XbNUW_01_0BVbL2h9hcPVRNn3MGGcDFwQP45tGsJG__UYxoP_ACZHDrv2q5fXQVanMlEL9J114vBv-SSw5l3BXONpDL8QWhxgSre2B5AtMYXiWaKOTI_5WMffvgJgPmoJyZVh6gcOlzbrLRnZUUqW_TWy-=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://thirtysecondsout.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Images courtesy of 30 Seconds Out</span></a><br /><br /></div>As a wilderness survival skills instructor, many of the simple tasks we teach are not so much about learning how to do something, but providing mental tools to individuals to help them understand their capability to complete those tasks without us. Human civilization requires cooperation, but self-sufficiency and independence are at the core of survival. Preparedness teaches us to expect to self-rescue, because no one is coming. That mantra holds true to mental health as well.<br /><br />If you spend enough time on social media, you've probably seen the "<i>I bet this many of my friends won't share this, but I've got your six</i>" posts along with a crisis hotline number from someone who claims "<i>I'm just a phone call away!</i>" The hard to swallow truth is that the crisis hotline numbers are in those posts because your friend or family member that claims to only be a phone call away realistically probably wouldn't answer the phone if it was the sheriff's department was calling them to let them know it was too late. Your friend or family member that "just gets you" and posts the inspirational messages that get you through another day probably has enough of their own problems that they're trying to manage and doesn't have room on their plate for yours flooding their inbox. The truth is, nobody wants to hear about your problems, that's why therapists get paid to do their job. On top of that, being a therapist doesn't make them immune to mental illness, which is why the very profession that exists to prevent suicide also has the highest suicide rate of any occupation. Therapists often need their own therapist. It's not realistic to hold friends, family, or even your therapist to the expectation of saving you from a crisis. Going to therapy is a big step towards self-improvement, but it doesn't just come to you, you have to go to it. In the past two years, most group therapy sessions like NA, AA, and AL-ANON no longer meet in person due to Covid concerns. The ironic concept of virtual group therapy to address isolation is an anomaly that can perpetuate the very issue it exists to resolve. Most therapists have a long waiting list, or aren't accepting new clients because they're swamped. You can make the calls and put in the effort to seek help, and you should. However, leaving a voicemail is a poor substitute for a listening ear, so listen to what I'm about to say very clearly, and I say this out of love because those people might not have the courage to say it themselves: <b>You're on your own</b>.<p></p><p>Personal battles with my mental health have taken a toll not only on myself but the people around me. I do not expect anyone to pull me out of it, as it's my own responsibility to change my perspectives. As a single man approaching 40 without family around, the hurdles of isolation and seasonal depression seem higher with the holiday season in full swing. Being between seasonal employment and outdoor recreation opportunities, idle hands send my mind into overdrive reliving the trauma and mistakes I've made it through in the past year. Working long hours has helped me push through difficult personal challenges, but working to forget the past is a poor substitute for working to build a future. Henry David Thoreau said, <i><b>"It's not enough to be busy. The question is, 'what are we busy about?'"</b></i> This speaks to staying busy to avoid dealing with our problems vs. working towards goals with a sense of purpose. For years, I've dealt with trauma by piling on long hours as a workaholic, purposefully exhausting myself so that it's easier to win the battle with insomnia, calm the thoughts in my mind, make it through another day to get some rest. Staying busy and focused working on the job at hand has always been a distraction from working on my own problems. When I find myself taking on more than I can handle, there will inevitably be some point in which things slow down and I'm forced to face my demons. That's usually when seasonal depression hits harder for people like me during the holidays, when people take time off to spend with their families.<br /><br />While it's easy to put down my phone and isolate myself from the social media onslaught of elf on a shelf, santa photos, pinterest decorating, family gatherings, meals, gift exchanges, etc. it is almost impossible to escape the inundation of "holiday spirit" everything. I'm counting down the days for it to come and go so I can move on from what almost <i>feels </i>like a toxic positivity that slows down my healing processes. I also have to acknowledge that the toxic negativity of my own personal perspectives surrounding the holidays isn't helpful to people who just want to enjoy those simple pleasures. So, I do my best to keep it to myself while roaming the aisles at the grocery store to the tune of "Jingle Bell Rock" driving home past light displays while "All I Want for Christmas is You" is on every radio station. It seems selfish to have the thought "This too shall pass" while it seems like everyone is enjoying the down time of the holidays, and making the most of what little quality time they have with their families. <br /><br />George Bernard Shaw said, <i><b>"Two things define you: Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything."</b></i> If you have <i>everything</i>, you should certainly have an attitude of excitement for the holidays. At times when I feel like I have nothing, I try to pause for a moment to reflect on gratitude for what I do have, and redirect my thoughts. Thoreau also said, <i><b>"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives."<br /></b></i><br />When we deviate from the pathways of positive thinking, we might stop for directions, or receive suggestions on what route to take to bring us back to happiness. Sometimes you may even have to go to the end of the road just to realize you've made a wrong turn. If you get lost in this way of thinking, expect to self-rescue, because no one is coming. Possessing the skills of self-sufficiency, or even just being hyper-independent as a trauma response, also means being capable of coping and climbing your way out of the pits of depression to find purpose again, if for no other reason than survival.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhIU2PMWPIOS1POju5sYSiuZ8mBqLCcQBsazZJhisbfdiA-Y3as2DvDGzCEFX8XUjx8KBEJcGDdVaopbdnJQWu_BPpI9U1-OYAUPree-CpftAmbOQLjxl7KcQKAAOiNwmEOkWWfyqB7mxdfSHpfVhq9fAQqikRnneJBi3ybl4J3MxKYxIT02Y7b0VP=s776" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="594" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhIU2PMWPIOS1POju5sYSiuZ8mBqLCcQBsazZJhisbfdiA-Y3as2DvDGzCEFX8XUjx8KBEJcGDdVaopbdnJQWu_BPpI9U1-OYAUPree-CpftAmbOQLjxl7KcQKAAOiNwmEOkWWfyqB7mxdfSHpfVhq9fAQqikRnneJBi3ybl4J3MxKYxIT02Y7b0VP=s320" width="245" /></a></div><br /><p><br /><br /><br /></p>Randall Bonnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458971733275922492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164692816282229267.post-83588155896557782352021-01-04T18:30:00.005-08:002021-01-04T18:30:32.296-08:00Green Peter Lake"From a guide standpoint, is an overpopulated kokanee fishery really a bad thing?" That was the question Owin Hays posed to guide Damon Struble of Nomad's Fishing Adventures while live on the air of Outdoor GPS while we were trolling for kokanee on Green Peter Lake. With seven year old Michael McIntyre on board reeling in a fish on live television that would surely make him the coolest kid in his class, it's difficult to speak negatively of the overpopulated fishery. "He's seven, he doesn't care how big the fish are," said Struble. The average size of Green Peter Kokanee is roughly between six to eight inches, but it's not uncommon for them to be even smaller. One thing is for sure, as long as Michael was happy, so was his guide, his grandpa Mike, and of course Dave Calhoun, who was doing a live video of the all the action taking place for the show.<br />
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Green Peter probably isn't the first place that comes to mind when you think of kokanee. It doesn't have the beastly 15" and bigger fish that you're more likely to find in Detroit Lake. The biodiversity and by-catch is nothing like the mackinaw in Odell Lake. Even though there's a small, naturalized population of Chinook, they're nothing like the commonly caught landlocked kings of Lake Chelan. While the fishery may not have the quality of other kokanee fisheries in the Northwest, it definitely has the quantity. The kind of quantity that makes it fairly easy for a novice to get their limits before noon earlier in the season when the fish are up top. As summer progresses, there's a few necessary adjustments, but bountiful opportunities for every kind of angler.<br />
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Our trip took place in late May on Memorial Day Weekend. The Thissel Creek boat ramp was a little crowded, so we launched at the Whitcomb Creek ramp. In spite of it being a long holiday weekend, the boat traffic overall was still fairly low. With 3,720 acres of water to roam with lots of coves and hideaways, the pleasure boaters weren't as much of an issue at nearly full pool. The Whitcomb Campground was full, but Sunnyside Campground almost always has spaces available and RV hookups. There's a few shorelines that are great for primitive camping by boat, and even a few floating restrooms if you really gotta go but can't make it back to the ramp. Above the lake is Quartzville Creek, which has plenty of camping areas, helps spread out the crowds a bit, and provides some of the best trout fishing in the lake near the mouth of the creek.<br />
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Quartzville Creek contributes a lot to the character and identity of Green Peter Lake. The area became host to the first known populations of adfluvial chinook salmon in the state of Oregon. Likely stemming from spring chinook hatchery juveniles released into the lake, this population has only fairly recently developed in the past decade or so. While it's fairly uncommon to find one of these fish, it's still exciting with every bite to know they're in there.<br />
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Trout stocking takes place in both the creek and the lake throughout the summer, so even when the kokanee begin to migrate deeper for cooler waters when the weather heats up and the water recedes, there's still plenty of fish to target at varying depths. Kokanee Power of Oregon typically holds it's annual derby there in June, and by July downriggers are almost a necessity. Earlier in the summer, the lake often hosts several bass tournaments. The rocky shorelines and stumps are popular areas for largemouth and smallmouth. The warmwater fishery provides a wider range of fishing opportunity to change things up now and then when the day doesn't go as planned for coldwater species.<br />
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When the kokanee are at a depth that's within reach, you will catch them. They were hitting every color and every flavor on board Struble's boat, but I got a little nosey about what he puts on his corn. "I'm not secretive about it. There's enough fish out here for everybody, and the more that get removed, the less competition there is for food, creating a better grade of fish in the long term." He does like to vary at least two scents, one on each side of the boat in little ramekins so everyone has their own little personal bait station. On the port side, the corn was marinating in a little tuna, a lot of Pro-Cure Bait Scents Garlic Plus, and a generous sprinkle of Lawry's garlic salt. Seeing the little bits of parsley from the garlic salt floating around in the container almost tempted me to put a little dab of it on my porkchops I brought for lunch. On the starboard side of the boat, the corn was soaked in tuna oil with powdered krill. Most of the time, it didn't seem to matter. But like most details in fishing, when it did matter, it mattered a lot. We rolled through several schools where the krill was getting bit more often than the garlic, and vice versa. Either way, it doesn't hurt to put a little variety on the buffet.<br />
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Struble likes a trolling speed of 1.3mph. At the time, we were running 8-10 ounce lead cannonballs at about 60 feet. This is about the cutoff for Struble's program before transitioning to downriggers. The Lamiglas Classic Glass rods seemed to handle the extra weight fairly well. Struble reminded us that with the scope of the lines, 60 feet of line being out was more like being 30 feet down. Later in the summer, the fish are more likely to be at around 60 feet of depth, but having a downrigger minimizes the scope of the line and gets the gear in the zone. Most of the fish we were seeing were at about 30-40 feet deep. Even if you're above a school, the more aggressive fish will rise for a bite.<br />
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As for the gear, we were using Hawken's Simon Dodgers, but the black and white with red dot on one side and chrome on the other seemed to draw the most strikes. Small presentation hootchies outfished the larger ones. Damon's hook set-ups were pretty unique and interesting. the smaller bodies hoochies had size 4 octopus circle hooks, and the fish that bit, didn't seem to come loose nearly as much. As easy as it is to lose kokanee after hooking up, we still managed to land a good 80 percent of the fish that bit. For the larger bodied hoochies, Struble likes using a Tru-Turn hook on the top, and a size 4 octopus hook or a treble hook below it. The long shank of the Tru-Turn hook puts the point well towards the back of the skirt without using beads to space the hooks out. Having a trailing hook is pretty crucial, as it tends to hook the fish in the body after they bite the top hook and start thrashing about, which helps tremendously with the landing ratio.<br />
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The abundance of fish, the variety of fisheries, and the scenic views of Green Peter Lake make it a hidden gem among kokanee fisheries. It may not have the world class trophy kokes, but it's a great place to take kids like Michael out on the water and get into some action that will get them hooked on fishing. If anything, they'll get bored of reeling in fish. After a few minutes of playing angry birds during a lunch break, we pointed him towards the screen of the fish finder. As we'd pass over a school, pointing out all the little dots on the screen, we'd have a little countdown to takedown, and he was engaged with the action again. "It's kind of like a video game," I said. We dropped off Dave at the dock, and asked Michael if he wanted to go home early with 95 fish for the boat, or go back out and chase our limits. He was eager to get back out on the water and back into the fish, and I'm sure he'll be ready to come back out another day chasing limits again.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">This article was published in the May 2020 issue of Northwest Sportsman Magazine</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ta8Bi6TFPHw/X_PPDbYjNqI/AAAAAAAAVQQ/kObBBx6BnYUxcnget9Lfz_JrSp6Si8E2gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1491/NWS%2BMay%2B2020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1491" data-original-width="1136" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ta8Bi6TFPHw/X_PPDbYjNqI/AAAAAAAAVQQ/kObBBx6BnYUxcnget9Lfz_JrSp6Si8E2gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/NWS%2BMay%2B2020.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fZo2BeFcUdE/X_POeCaHuQI/AAAAAAAAVQE/JmeqcB4__kAze-kok3A19SBwbPnyaelpwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1440/Green%2BPeter%2BNWS%2BMay%2B2020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fZo2BeFcUdE/X_POeCaHuQI/AAAAAAAAVQE/JmeqcB4__kAze-kok3A19SBwbPnyaelpwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Green%2BPeter%2BNWS%2BMay%2B2020.jpg" /></a></div><br /></div>Randall Bonnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458971733275922492noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164692816282229267.post-15473840061633817782021-01-04T17:57:00.000-08:002021-01-04T17:57:53.599-08:00CCA Broodstock Article<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">Commercial fisheries, avian smolt predation, pinniped adult predation, access to habitat and the destruction of it, all share responsibility for Oregon's reduced steelhead returns. With that adversity, hatcheries are a necessity to have sustainable populations for harvest. To achieve the best genetics for hatchery production, capture of wild broodstock is also a necessity. Capture is done by several different means. Ideally, they're line-caught by anglers. Supplemental wild broodstock are collected when they are caught in hatchery traps and fish weirs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: x-small;">The hypothesis at the Oregon Hatchery Research Center is that line caught wild broodstock develop a genetic disposition for offspring to be line caught as well. Line caught wild broodstock are placed in tubes at collection points for pickup. The tubes are placed with the fish facing upstream so a constant supply of water flows through. The tubes constrict the movement of the fish to prevent injury. The enclosure reduces stress by acting as a visual buffer from environmental disturbances.<br /><br />Once at the hatchery, they're placed into a small container with an anesthetic to ease handling without causing physical damage. Once the anesthetic takes effect, fish are given an antibiotic to prevent diseases or fungal growths while being held at the facility. The process of handling fish removes some of their protective slime layer that defends them from infections. They're tagged and placed into circular tanks, held until they are "ripe," and spawned at the hatchery, then released back into the river. The program's goal is 40 pairs of wild broodstock fish, but rarely reaches that goal due to the combination of low returns and lack of participation.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: x-small;">Traditional hatchery broodstock lack genetic diversity. The theory behind the OHRC "Biter Study" is that decades of spawning traditional hatchery broodstock that return to the trap has evolved to become less likely to be angler caught, because most hatchery fish caught by anglers are harvested, rather than spawned.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: x-small;">Traditional hatchery broodstock and first generation wild broodstock (or "F1" fish) are marked with an adipose fin clip, and separated by maxillary clips that differentiate returning hatchery adults as traditional broodstock or F1. Unlike the collected wild broodstock fish that are returned back to the river after being spawned, the returning traditional hatchery broodstock bucks are typically killed when they appear in the trap, while the females are stripped of eggs and returned to the river as kelts to swim back to the salt and return to the river again. This practice ensures that the two groups of fish are less likely to spawn with each other in the gravel.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: x-small;">Opponents argue that wild steelhead can't sustain being farmed to create hatchery fish for harvest. It is also undeniable that there is room for human error in this process. While the success rate for wild broodstock collection is extremely high (in the upper 90 percent range) accidents happen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>This fish was phoned in by guide Ryan Beck 20 minutes prior to arriving at the next boat ramp at Farmer's Creek on the Nestucca River. The fish is being placed in a larger livewell in a truckbed for transport to the Cedar Creek facility.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: x-small;">Some wild broodstock collection programs employ the use of livewells complete with battery operated water circulation to aerate the water and keep oxygen levels high during transport. However, battery failures, or contamination of the livewell are possible. Such incidents are rare and represent less than 1% of the wild broodstock adults collected.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: x-small;">Wild broodstock programs are typically funded and operated by volunteer organizations. The Alsea Sportsman's Association provides the collection tubes for the Alsea Hatchery and the OHRC biter study project. Tillamook Anglers and Nestucca Anglers provide livewells for their region. Cedar Creek hatchery on Three Rivers has a self-service drop off area for after hours. There, fish are placed into a raceway and marked by quantity and sex on a report form. In 2019 the Alsea hatchery adopted the self-service concept, and is making improvements for 2020. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: blue;"></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: x-small;">The Nestucca wild broodstock collection program quota is 65 pairs. Fish that are placed into the raceway are given Parasite S (Formulin) 5 days a week administered by a flow-thru treatment in order to keep fungal growth at bay. The raceway is fed through an up-welling system, rather than fed from one end to the other. This prevents fish from following their natural jumping instincts, reducing physical stress. Fish in the raceway are collected for spawning by the use of a "crowder" which essentially functions similar to a seine net that allows personnel to net the individual fish for spawning, and pass fish that aren't ripe back over the crowder and into the raceway.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: x-small;"><br />The Alsea hatchery uses a circular PVC tank system that is intended to cause less harm by using smooth surfaces and removing the concrete corners that are typically standard with the construction of rectangular raceways. In recent years, additional circular tanks have been added to reduce crowding.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: x-small;">The number of wild broodstock fish being collected by anglers at the Alsea Hatchery pales in comparison to the numbers at Cedar Creek's facility. A hot topic of discussion within the Alsea Sportsman's Association is the lack of angler participation in wild broodstock collection due to mistrust in the handling of the program by the Alsea Hatchery in recent years. The ASA sponsors seasonal events rewarding anglers for contributing the most fish to the wild broodstock program as an incentive for angler participation. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: x-small;"> However, e</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: x-small;">ven with upgrades and equipment repair, the wild broodstock programs that operate at the Alsea Hatchery are still trying to repair their public relations. Hopefully learning from some past mistakes will help the program continue to improve, and regain the trust and participation from skeptical anglers and guides. In the meantime, the program is trying to portray a positive image in negative time.</span><br />
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In 2018, the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/735424753189507/">Linn Benton Chapter</a> of <a href="http://www.ccaoregon.org/">Coastal Conservation Association</a> held it's annual banquet and fundraiser, drawing record attendance. With the formation of the Siletz Anglers Association, there is a great deal of momentum to improve our local fisheries, and the spotlight has been shining on potential improvements for the Siletz River.</div>
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Meanwhile, that spotlight has cast a shadow on the other side of the mountain to the nearby Alsea Hatchery. The formation of the SAA received a huge response in it's first year, and has generated more than enough angler participation. Shifting that involvement into a collaborative effort to improve the Alsea Hatchery (where Siletz fish are raised), both neighboring systems stand to greatly benefit from one another.<br />
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The Siletz program has a quota to line capture 35 pairs of wild broodstock. The Alsea program's quota is 40 pairs. Historically, the Siletz reaches it's annual quota consistently, while the Alsea program has not once met that quota. During the height of the 2018 winter steelhead season, Asst. Fish Biologist Paul Olmsted requested that collection participants on the Siletz put the brakes on wild broostock collection on March 25th. Olmsted told participants that: "You guys are too good!" and "This is a good problem to have."<br />
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Wild broodstock collection numbers are listed as pairs because they're spawned using a 1:1 male to female ratio in a 3 x 3 matrix. Individual groups are kept separate to encourage genetic diversity. As of the same week, the Siletz had collected 33 pairs for spawning during the course of the season, 2 pair short of the quota with another 6 weeks left of the season. By that time, the Alsea program had only collected 15 spawning pairs and were holding another 9 fish until they ripen for spawning. The Alsea program had also captured an additional 4 bucks and 7 hens through traps, a secondary, less desired method for collecting wild broodstock for spawning. If the quota of 40 pairs of wild broodstock are not collected for the Alsea program, hatchery stock are used in the spawning matrix as a last resort. If hatchery fish are used in the wild broodstock program, at least 30 percent of the broodstock will be of wild fish origin. (<a href="https://www.dfw.state.or.us/fish/hatchery/docs/HPMP/Alsea%20HPMP%202019.pdf">See page 6 of the Alsea Hatchery Program Management Plan</a>)<br />
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<b>Room for improvement in the Alsea program</b><br />
Boaters are often hesitant to use tubes. They're susceptible to poaching, wildlife harassment, and liberation of the collection broodstock fish. Few anglers made use of a new drop-off area at the Alsea Hatchery in 2018. A large majority of regional fishing guides have shifted their focus on running trips on the nearby Siletz River, leaving a void in the Alsea program. One of the top contributors to the program in 2018 was a 19 year old Fisheries & Wildlife student at Oregon State University by the name of Logan Ellis. Leading by example, the teenage angler built his own livewell broodstock tank from scratch. This year, there are plans to expand the use of broodstook tanks to Alsea anglers to make collection more efficient.<br />
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Besides meeting the quota for the Alsea program, there are simple improvements and small projects that organizations like the Alsea Sportsman's Association, Siletz Anglers Association, and our local chapter of CCA can accomplish to circumvent the bureaucracy of state and federal funding. It's also our responsibility to see that our investments in these facilities are more than merely monetary and include an element of physical participation.</div>
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Randall Bonnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458971733275922492noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164692816282229267.post-80737941025900619122020-12-11T10:01:00.001-08:002021-01-04T18:38:25.342-08:00Roadkill Salvage PermitIt was mid-January, and I had just gotten home with my limit of hatchery steelhead. I noticed a Facebook post in a local community group regarding a deer that died next to someone's house, presumably from being hit by a vehicle. Dan Foreman, a resident that lives in a culdesac just off from Walnut Blvd in Corvallis said he had made several phone calls in an attempt to have it removed from his property and was running out of ideas. Republic Services waste removal said they don't offer that service. The Health Department wasn't interested either. Oregon State Police and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said they were only interested if there were signs of poaching.<br /><br />After a brief exchange with Foreman, he explained that he had opened his blinds to see the snow outside in the morning and noticed a deer had expired underneath the hedges between his house and his neighbors. Knowing the area, and that it was a nice buck, I wanted to see it for myself. I'd been curious about the roadkill salvage permit process. I had also seen a nice buck in the area surrounding Foreman's address a month or so prior, and was curious if was the same deer. I rang the doorbell, and Foreman was kind enough to walk around to the side of his house and show me where the deer had died. Sure enough, it was the same buck I'd seen before driving through that part of town. I was surprised he made it that far.<br /><br />"We don't normally open those blinds, otherwise I wouldn't have noticed him," he said. "The landscapers were here three days ago to trim the hedges, so he's been there for a couple days, tops." Not knowing the time of death is a bit of a gamble, but how many big game hunters have gone a day or two looking for a wounded animal and still find it in time to salvage the meat? The past few days had been freezing weather, so that was comforting. Still, I was skeptical.<br /><br />I began my own amateur forensics investigation. Judging from the evidence in the immediate area, the deer had come about fifty yards from the road, jumped down from a concrete wall, and bedded down in Foreman's hedges to lay himself to rest. I noticed some droppings roughly 8 feet from the deer that appeared to have been there at least through the evening's rainstorm because there was a leaf over it, rather than under it. I felt the deer's muscle tissue, (backstraps first of course!) and it was cold, but firm, not stiff. The front left foot was swollen, and the hoof appeared to be slightly damaged. Upon closer examination of the hoof, it came right off it's foot. I checked the range of movement of the deer's extremities. The neck was very loose, no different than a fresh, big game kill. The front legs both flexed at the joint fairly easily, but the shoulder appeared to be dislodged from it's socket. Upon moving that shoulder, there was a gurgling noise in the lungs. The hind legs were stiff as a board. The side facing up was fairly dry and appeared to be in good shape. The hair underneath it was slightly matted down, but I attributed that to the storm as well.<br /><br />On the fence about my decision, I called my regional ODFW office and spoke with Asst. District Biologist Anne Mary Myers for advice and a second opinion. Myers explained that if the deer had been there a while, the hair would fall out easily. "What can you tell me about the conditions of the eyes?" she asked. I told her the eyes were partly cloudy, but you could still clearly see the definition between the pupil and the iris. Myers asked if the eye was still wet and slimy. Given there was a rainstorm the night before that went through morning, it had been fair weather all afternoon and the top half of the deer was dry. The eyes were still moist to the touch, likely not due to the previous rain. "Those are good indicators, but you really just need to cut open a sample of the meat and see if there's a sour smell or discoloration."<br /><br />By then, I felt obligated to do Foreman the favor of removing the deer from his property and honoring the life of the same buck I'd seen strutting down the sidewalk with a couple does only a few weeks before. It was worth the effort of due diligence to see if it was salvageable. Worst case scenario, I did the guy a favor and now have a deer to dispose of properly. At home, I took a knife to the deer's front left leg, genuinely curious about the dislocated shoulder. The meat appeared to have good color. Some of the veins were filled with coagulated blood, but overall, the meat was in great shape with no unusual odors. I noticed that the chest cavity was filled with blood. I had no intentions of gutting it, so everything stayed nice and neat. I couldn't have asked for a better situation. Neither the shoulder nor the ribs were broken, so it almost appeared as if the sheer impact of being hit had ruptured it's lungs and caused some internal bleeding, but everything was contained. With no bullet wounds, it was the cleanest deer I've ever processed. Not only that, but it was the day before trash day. After removing the backstraps and quartering the rest, I put the remains of the deer in a yard waste bag and put in the rolling cart at the curb for Republic Services.<br /><br />With the meat hanging in a shed out back, I turned the head with antlers intact in to my regional ODFW office (required by law for either sex) and got a chance to speak with Richard Green, a state wildlife biologist with the health and population lab. You know those little envelopes you put your deer teeth in to mail them in for research purposes? Well, those self-addressed, no postage necessary envelopes come directly to his office. Green then takes a cross-section of those samples to record the deer's age. "It's just like looking at the rings on a tree," says Green. His office in Adair Village, which just happens to be minutes from my house, receives all the samples statewide. Between hunter submissions, roadkill, and poached animals recovered by OSP, his office submits ten thousand teeth for age analysis per year to a lab that contracts it's services to multiple states. Green says the waiting time for results usually takes about 8 months. "We notify hunters of their kill's age with a postcard in the mail." I made a special request for the same postcard to notify me of the age of my salvaged buck. Green said nobody had asked him to do that before, but would oblige. Along with testing for age, the head is also used to track the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease.<br />
<br />The permitting process was easy. You can fill out the forms online from the MyODFW website, or just do the paperwork at the nearest regional office when you turn in the head within 5 business days of recovering the salvaged animal. You submit one form, and fill out the tag paperwork on the spot, then keep the tag for as long as you store the meat. Green says that over 1,500 permits were issued in 2019 after the new legislation went into effect in January. "How many permits can you issue to one person for this?" I asked. "There's no limit, but if you show up every day with a new dent in your bumper, you're probably going to be investigated."<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>This article was published in the March 2020 issue of Northwest Sportsman Magazine<br /><br /><br /></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6PoIwFg7bU4/X_PQ66OvRoI/AAAAAAAAVQc/cPZup8uexqgpy-kn1F727XWJ1sFtzdZWwCLcBGAsYHQ/s420/March%2B2020%2BNWS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="320" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6PoIwFg7bU4/X_PQ66OvRoI/AAAAAAAAVQc/cPZup8uexqgpy-kn1F727XWJ1sFtzdZWwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/March%2B2020%2BNWS.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AOr7gjPC9_s/X_PRGAXRJkI/AAAAAAAAVQg/l0CXY2W1qqoU2dQ5kQtPgodgl0dQEZWUgCLcBGAsYHQ/s206/Roadkill%2BNWS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="204" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AOr7gjPC9_s/X_PRGAXRJkI/AAAAAAAAVQg/l0CXY2W1qqoU2dQ5kQtPgodgl0dQEZWUgCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/Roadkill%2BNWS.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><br /><br />
<br />Randall Bonnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458971733275922492noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164692816282229267.post-57517923715664252992020-06-13T19:59:00.002-07:002021-01-04T18:23:21.634-08:00A Non Traditional Father's Day Story (Spring Chinook)Like many others, my father played a pivotal role in the development of my love for the outdoors. He passed away a few years ago, and left behind a legacy of hunting and fishing adventures, and a wealth of knowledge he passed down to me. I could write a thousand stories about growing up hunting whitetail in the oaks and plains of Alabama, or chasing the sounds of coonhounds along the Alabama River at night, or all the big largemouth that tore up the surface hitting topwater lures and vanishing into thick cover and breaking my line. But he's gone, and the legacy lives within me. That's why when my mother and stepfather came to visit last spring and said, "We want to catch a salmon!" I had to try and make that happen for them.<br />
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Maybe 8 years or so before my father passed away, he flew to Oregon to visit me, and we did a little fishing on the South Santiam for steelhead. I had just caught my first one, and had the bug something fierce. He threw spinners near Foster Dam all day and cherished every little trout he reeled in. The days of him being an ambitious outdoorsman had been replaced with a great deal of contentment in his old age. My mother, who had visited me a year or so later, managed to reel in a few salmon during the fall season out on the Alsea, and it was a memorable day of catching enough fish to grade out anything that wasn't spitting scales and covered in sea lice. Needless to say, we both got our limits. On another visit, we fished Buoy10 in Astoria. The weather was so bad, and she was obviously so miserable that we called the trip before 11am after catching only one jack we had to release.<br />
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When they told me they wanted to catch a salmon on their visit in May, I explained that chasing spring chinook is not an easy task. With the decline in all of our fisheries, spring chinook have taken the brunt of the collective issues that are to blame for low returns and decreased catch rates. I wanted to avoid a significant chunk of their visit being consumed with sitting in Portland traffic, and then trolling around with a few dozen other boats for maybe a chance at a fish. Instead, I wanted to take them somewhere they could have a little more of a pro-active and hands-on fishing experience without a ton of people around. Somewhere that they could enjoy some scenery and not be disappointed if we hired a guide with no control over the bite that day. There were lots of discussions about keeping their expectations low, and just enjoying the potential "boat ride" with our guide Matt Halseth on the Santiam, a river that seemed to fit the bill, and that we both had some kind of personal connection with.<br />
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My stepfather had only recently taken an interest in fishing. Living the lake life out in South Carolina, him and my mother had become owners of a pontoon boat, and occasionally, my stepfather would get lucky and catch catfish, spotted bass and striped bass out of Lake Murray and Lake Keowee. My mother being far more seasoned with the outdoors and him still being a very green New Yorker, the dynamic created the kind of clientele that every guide has to deal with at some point. "You're going to earn it," I told Matt the day we booked our trip. My mother had gotten her feet wet on her previous visits, but this was the first time she brought my stepfather Louie Russo with her.<br />
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Just as a warm-up, I decided to take them for a walk into the Siletz gorge the day before our trip with Halseth. I wanted to give Louie a primer for reading water, how to cast, deal with snags, all the basics that a guide would probably have to instruct a newbie on to get things dialed in. It was still a little early for summer steelhead to show upriver, but there had been several days of rain that spiked the river levels up a notch, and the weather was a bit overcast. I explained that the conditions were perfect, but we should still keep our expectations low. As we crept down to one of my favorite holes, I could see the faint movement of a chrome summer right where I would expect one to be. I took a cast or two to explain where to aim, the line to run a presentation through, and when the reel back up and start over again.<br />
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"You can't hold the rod like that, these fish don't mess around, they will kick your ass," I told Louie as he held the spinning reel on top and started reeling backwards, a cardinal sin for any angler that would make the hairs stand up on the neck of even the most intermediate beginner angler. "But I'm not used to reeling with my left hand!" I explained the best way to learn is to have a fish on the line and reel in your hand with the handle opposite of what you're used to. This was my way of preparing him for taking my rod if I managed to hook a fish with it. <br />
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In the meantime, I grudgingly switched the handle to the other side and handed him back his rod. As I was doing all of this, an ugly "cheesehead" sore back winter steelhead backed into the hole, and disturbed the chrome summer we had seen earlier. They seemed to be doing this docey-doe dance around the hole. "That fish is gonna get pissed enough to bite soon," I said. After getting my stepfather Louie dialed in with the handle on the right, he took a cast that went a little far on the other side of the seam I had been telling him to fish. He let it go to the end of the drift and I watched the fish charge at his bead as the float went down and began moving upstream. "YOU GOT HIM! REEL-REEL-REEL!!!" In a panic, he still managed to do exactly what I had instructed him to do earlier, "reel 'til you feel!" The drag was set low so that he wouldn't try to horse the fish in like a Lake Murray largemouth, and that summer took off out of the hole, down a tailout, and into the next hole, then down another tailout and started jumping in slackwater trying to shake the hook as it burned down to the backing. "Gimme the rod, we gotta go! We gotta go!" I yelled as he stumbled over the wet cobblestone in his New Balance dad sneaks getting drenched in oregon rain in his Canadian tuxedo of denim jeans and jacket. I scurried along to gain back a few feet of line so we didn't get spooled and yelled for him to come get the rod. "I can barely turn this damn crank on the right side, you need to get your ass down here and land this fish!"<br />
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As he stumbled close enough for me to hand him the rod, he got the fish in close enough I could almost reach it. "You're gonna have to move a few steps closer to swing him in," I said. He took a step and then slid down some ledge rock and wedged his foot in a bad spot. Being stuck and frustrated, he started barking back at me, "Quit yelling at me to reel! I AM reeling! I can't move!" Maybe it's the bratty sadistic stepson in me that got some kind of enjoyment out of his suffering, but I just started smiling and laughing hysterically. "Welcome to steelhead fishing! Now let's get this guy on the bank!" In spite of all the lost footing, nicks and bruising, he managed to keep the rod tip high and the line tight. Eventually, the fish got close enough I could tail it, and I went for it. That's when it slipped out of my hands and swam between my legs. I remember thinking, "Oh no, this is it. This is bad. This is how he gets away." As that thought entered my mind, I saw him turn the crank on the reel a couple more times and the fish finally just gave out and turned belly up long enough for me to grab it again. get on the shore, notice the lack of an adipose, grab the nearest rock and put it to sleep.<br />
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I couldn't believe it. He caught "the fish of a thousand casts" in less than a half an hour. Not even twenty minutes from having the reel upside down. Not just any steelhead, but an ocean fresh, chrome summer steelhead. My mother, who never wet a line that day, was happy to see him catch a fish, any fish. Having only caught a couple fall salmon, she might have even been a little jealous. "Well, I guess you guys can just get back on the plane now, because there's nothing left to see here," I joked. The primer mission was a success, and our expectations had already been exceeded. There's no way they weren't going to enjoy getting back out on the water again the next day.<br />
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As we met Matt at the I-5 ramp on the mainstem of the Santiam, he explained a little about his program and approach to fishing the river system he grew up on. We started by backtrolling a little diver and bait on the mainstem to get their feet wet. After a few trout and my parents becoming visibly bored with me playing deckhand and backing out their presentations, he motored up the South Santiam and we did a little bobber dogging. Halseth helped work out the kinks of casting, lining up everyone's presentations, and leaving them in the water. We started hooking pikeminnow left and right, which even if we couldn't find a springer or summer steelhead, was good practice for reading water, hooksets, and fighting fish.<br />
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After they grew tired of feeding pikeminnow to the eagles, we motored back downstream to the fork, and headed up the North Santiam. I could see that look of contentment on my stepfather's face as we dodged downed trees and jetted through sharp curves. Halseth could probably navigate the North Santiam in his sleep as long as he knew the dam flows and which channel to run, which was a little different than Louie was used to cruising the lake in his pontoon boat. We did a little more bobber dogging, and I missed an opportunity on something that felt a little larger than a trout. We went back up and floated through again, this time my mother pulled back on something big in the same slot. "I don't know what this is, but it's too heavy to be a trout," she said. As the weight began to move and dump line off the reel, I tried to explain that a steelhead is just an ocean-going trout. We floated with the fish and it made several screaming runs before getting close enough to put it in the net. Once we noticed it was wild, Matt and I kept in the water until we could get to shore for a quick grip-n-grin. "This is a special fish, these wild steelhead are endangered," Halseth told my mother. I added that it was also her first steelhead, which made it all the more special.<br />
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After capturing a photo or two, we sent her on her way to the long journey back to the salt, wishing her luck with the sea lions at Willamette Falls. With the recent changes in management and lethal removal of sea lions, that fish might actually stand a chance at returning to the Santiam to spawn again someday. <br />
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"I still want to catch a salmon," said Louie. Seemingly unsatisfied with his miracle feat of landing his first steelhead, he was still hellbent on telling the rest of his family that he caught a salmon. And even though we were still on high from the adrenaline of mom's first steelhead, he's right. That's what we were there to do, so went back at it. After landing a few whitefish, it seemed like we had worked over that area pretty good and moved on to a fast-moving deep hole with lots of boils and crazy hydro action. It was a spot that Matt had a lot of confidence in. We backbounced up a beautiful resident rainbow trout that I immediately released and went back at it. One of the rods started to move, and the bend began to bounce as Matt lifted it out of the holder and handed it to Louie. "REEL-REEL-REEL!" Matt said as he handed Louie one of his brand new Shimano Tekota lefties. "I'm not used to the reel being on this side," he said. Of course, as the sadistic stepson, I let out another maniacal laugh as I said, "You gon' learn today!" After some epic line-peeling action, Louie started to gain line as the boat floated downstream to a fallen log, where the fish was held up on and rubbing the line against. "We need to get him out of there," Matt said calmly. He pulled the boat away from the fish, and the change in the angle of pressure made the fish react by turning and burning back towards the next tailout and away from the fallen tree. As the cottonwood blooms began to collect on the surface, Matt started singing with the net his hand, "Cottonwood falling like snow in July, sunset, riverside, four wheel drives..." You could tell that in that moment, him being out on the water with me and my family, he was in his element as a guide. Not long after, the fish was within reach of the net and the bonker. <br />
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Two days, back-to-back, my stepfather landed his first steelhead and first salmon, both hatchery fish, both the least abundant of their species and the best table fare. Louie was a shining example of it being better to be lucky than good, but Matt was reveling in the fact that he was able to introduce two incredible firsts to his clients, in the same day. We floated back downstream doing some more bobber dogging, and I landed a hatchery springer on the way to add to our creel. Icing on the cake, and meat in the freezer, I couldn't have been happier with exceeding everyone's expectations, including my own. As we packed everything up in the truck, I had a moment with Louie and told him that I would have given anything for my dad to have had that experience with me before passing away. I wanted my stepfather to know how much it meant to me to be able to share that experience with him, and how much I appreciated his determination. My father always talked about visiting again after retirement, and died two weeks after retiring. As my stepfather is approaching retirement, he's gained a new appreciation for every moment, which is the kind of zen we're all fishing after when we hit the water.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;">This article was published in the July 2020 issue of Salmon & Steelhead Journal</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6gyDOrFL6ZE/X_PNhzVgn-I/AAAAAAAAVP0/LBJtQV3xJvEetthTPrOCInBSOrWrsr1hwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1874/Salmon%2B%2526%2BSteelhead%2BJournal%2BJuly%2B2020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1874" data-original-width="1501" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6gyDOrFL6ZE/X_PNhzVgn-I/AAAAAAAAVP0/LBJtQV3xJvEetthTPrOCInBSOrWrsr1hwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Salmon%2B%2526%2BSteelhead%2BJournal%2BJuly%2B2020.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z0YX-xlFRrc/X_PNh47HSeI/AAAAAAAAVP4/Q72aGy1ptYkmFFQeMe40WceNvxYVexB2ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/Father%2527s%2BDay%2BZen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1051" data-original-width="1080" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z0YX-xlFRrc/X_PNh47HSeI/AAAAAAAAVP4/Q72aGy1ptYkmFFQeMe40WceNvxYVexB2ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Father%2527s%2BDay%2BZen.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div>Randall Bonnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458971733275922492noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164692816282229267.post-67790385121855669392020-05-06T08:30:00.002-07:002020-05-06T08:30:51.724-07:00Institute for Applied Ecology Virtual Native Plant Farm Tour<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">2. Resourcefulness - A list of ingredients that were caught, hunted, foraged, or cultivated. Also anything in regards to preservation, storage, or alternative cooking methods.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3. Presentation - Three posts total with text and photos, one explaining their creative concept for the dish, another based upon the resourcefulness of the dish, and a final post with the finished product, explaining (as best we can) the flavor profile, what we learned from the challenge, and an honest explanation of what we would do differently if we had to do it again.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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Randall Bonnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458971733275922492noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164692816282229267.post-85654062995844601982020-02-23T11:12:00.000-08:002020-02-23T11:12:04.557-08:00Siletz Anglers AssociationIn January of 2019, guides Scott Ammerman, Mike Kelly, and Grant Scheele, formed a volunteer organization to generate funding for improvement projects on their home river. The Siletz Anglers Association is a non-profit organization designed to raise money and awareness for the Siletz wild broodstock program. With a goal in mind to improve infrastructure at the Alsea Hatchery and projects pertaining to the broodstock program, they've accomplished a great deal in a short amount of time and with limited resources. "Tillamook area guide Jack Smith (who helped build the foundation for the Hatchery Wild Coexist) walked me through getting SAA started. I consider him a mentor through the whole process," says Mike Kelly. Smith runs the North Coast Salmon and Steelhead Enhancement fund, and adopted the SAA as a subsidiary. <br />
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Through it's primary fundraiser, the North Coast Salmon Rendevous, the NCSSEF has provided recirculation pumps and screens for raceways at the Trask hatchery, habitat restoration on the Necanicum river, livewells for transporting wild broodstock on the Nestucca and Wilson rivers, and a portable liberation tank for the Tillamook district, primarily used for recycling steelhead. "Anyone who fishes for salmon and steelhead in Northwestern Oregon owes Jack Smith a thank you for all the work he's done," says Scott Ammerman. Ammerman attended the first Rendevous as a teenager when it was hosted by the Oregon Wildlife Heritage Foundation. "The model for the SAA and support for our wild broodstock program is built from the work of the NCSSEF." Ammerman sat beside Smith during the development of the Nestucca and Wilson wild broodstock programs.<br />
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The SAA is still in it's infancy. However, it's the ambition of young, energetic guides that depend on their home water to make their living that has made the SAA a formidable and cohesive group, hyper-focused on make big changes within a small region. In it's first year the SAA raised $18,000 in donations by spring. "We contacted ODFW and asked what we could do to help. They said the area of greatest need was improving the acclimation ponds," says Grant Scheele. Two dozen guides donated trips, selling roughly 60 seats for the event between $250-500 a seat. The Original Siletz River Shuttle Service provided free shuttles during the event as well. White Oaks Construction provided catering for the event with raffle donations from Oregon Rod Reel & Tackle, Clackacraft, BnR Tackle, & LURED. Sandy River Marketing designed a SAA logo and provided hats and t-shirts. Table Mountain Forestry, Dahl Sanitation, Peterson CAT rentals in Salem, and Knife River Building Materials were among the major donors whose efforts went towards upgrading the acclimation pond near Palmer Creek on the Siletz. Rearing smolts at an acclimation site increases the number of adults that "home" and return to that site.<br />
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Next on the SAA's radar are constructing a second lower river acclimation pond on the Siletz, and partnering with the Rock Creek Hatchery (owned by the Siletz Tribe) which is beginning a program raising 5,000 smolts this year. They are hopeful that this number will increase in the future. Also on the to-do list are upgrades to the Alsea hatchery, where the Siletz wild broodstock are spawned and hatched. "If we get all of our coastal rivers having great returns, it will spread out people and create that much more of a chance for people to catch a fish," says Scott Ammerman. Upgrades to the facility could benefit both sides of the mountain that separate the two major river basins.<br />
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Historically, the Alsea Sportsman's Association has generated funding for projects related to the wild broodstock program at the Alsea Hatchery. More recently, the SAA has gathered fresh ideas, bodies, and funding to make upgrades and improvements to existing infrastructure. This year, the Alsea Hatchery is trying to transition away from using tubes to collect wild fish for the broodstock program by boat on the Alsea River. Instead, ODFW approved livewells are being introduced to the program. Each boater participating in the program must apply for a permit to transport wild steelhead back to the Alsea Hatchery. Assistant District Biologist Paul Olmsted says the number of these permits will be "kept to a limited and manageable number to minimize wild fish impacts and mortalities." Meanwhile, the SAA is lending a hand to the neighboring system by contributing batteries to operate the aerators on the new livewells, and nets to ease handling of fish during their transition from the livewell to the raceway or the new collection pen that is being installed at Mike Bauer Wayside.<br />
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"Jack, Grant, Mike, and I are all members of CCA, and support the work they are doing at the state and federal level. Our small organization aims to fill in the gaps at a local level, focusing on the Alsea and Siletz," says Ammerman. As the SAA continues to foster growth with the local community, the three founding members intend to form a board. "The work of the SAA will quickly outgrow the work that Mike, Grant and I can manage."<br /><br />The next SAA fundraiser is set for March 8th at the Logsden Grange. The SAA is expecting to have 30 boats sell their seats for this year's event. If you'd like to contribute to the SAA, you can make tax deductible donation via the NCSSEF website <a href="http://salmonrendevous.com/">salmonrendevous.com</a> (leave a note the donation is for the SAA). The North Coast Salmon Rendevous is set for October 28th, 29th, and 30th at the Old Mill Event Center in Garibaldi.<br /><br />
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<b><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">This article was published in the February 2020 Issue of <a href="http://nwsportsmanmag.com/">Northwest Sportsman Magazine</a></span></b></div>
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<br />Randall Bonnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458971733275922492noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164692816282229267.post-11783745688240861112020-02-14T10:29:00.002-08:002020-02-14T10:29:48.108-08:00Corvallis Indoor Winter MarketBenton County is well known as an agricultural destination for farmers and foodies. The multitude of organic farms and farm-to-table restaurants has created an appreciation for local foods that makes Corvallis an acclaimed area for locavores and culinary creatives. Winter is a slow season for these industries, with the valley flooding with rich nutrients from the rising banks of the Willamette River and it's tributaries. However, if you're longing for the experience of mozying downtown through a sea of local vendors, you don't have to wait until summer. The Corvallis Indoor Winter Market provides a unique opportunity for local food vendors to continue operating year-round!<br />
<br />Founded in the early 90's by a group of artisans and farmers who wanted to provide the public with a market during the off-season, the Corvallis Indoor Winter Market is a non-profit organization governed by a board of directors, with each position serving two year terms and elected each year in the Spring. The board reserves the right to accept or reject applications at their discretion to assure that only top-quality foods, local farm products, and handcrafted items are sold at the market.<br /><br />
Located in Guerber Hall at the Benton County Fairgrounds, the Corvallis Indoor Winter Market is open every Saturday from mid-January until the end of March. It has everything you would expect from a typical seasonal farmer's market, only with a roof over it's head to keep patrons warm and dry while they browse. Live music, baked goods, crafts, and of course locally grown produce all create the ambiance of the farmer's market with a unique opportunity to purchase seasonal items that you might not be able to find in July. Whether you want to fill your root cellar with potatoes, beets, carrots and turnips, get some seasonal yellowfoot chanterelles, truffles, black trumpet mushrooms, or fresh leeks and greens, you don't have to wait until summer and the clouds clear. You can enjoy the farmer's market experience in Corvallis, rain or shine.Randall Bonnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458971733275922492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164692816282229267.post-60780478776647455092020-02-13T00:12:00.000-08:002020-02-13T00:16:13.228-08:00Auerlia Skipwith, Clean Water, and the LWCF<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I had the opportunity this weekend at the Portland Sportsman's show to question our USFWS director Aurelia Skipwith on the current administration's deregulation of clean water protections that ensure healthy ecosystems for our fish. She simply responded that "the USFWS makes the best decisions they can based on science." What science says dumping mining waste into rivers isn't good for fish? That question I never got the chance to ask, but whether it's waste from coal mining in the Appalachian Mountains threatening trout streams or paving the way for a pebble mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska, these issues need our attention, and the attention of the US Fish and Wildlife Service.<br />
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Randall Bonnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458971733275922492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164692816282229267.post-79166134582834078822020-01-06T10:49:00.000-08:002020-01-06T10:49:19.523-08:00Yakutat - First Alaskan Experience 2018<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>This article was featured in the April 2019 issue of Alaska Sporting Journal. To view photos from the trip, the article is featured on the ASJ website here: <a href="http://aksportingjournal.com/steelhead-sweetness-on-first-alaska-trip/">http://aksportingjournal.com/steelhead-sweetness-on-first-alaska-trip/</a></b><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 13.2px;">Having never visited Alaska, </span></span><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.glacierbearlodge.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue;">Glacier Bear Lodge</span></a> </span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">in the small town of Yakutat has left a lifelong impression on me. Traveling solo with my Australian cattledog "Wrangler," I booked the trip only a couple weeks in advance without a plan and flew by the seat of my pants. I've always thought of steelhead anglers to often be a bit of a grumpy bunch, but with the plentiful numbers of the Situk River, the atmosphere of the community and it's visitors is a completely different story. Drivers of every passing vehicle wave at each other in this relaxed rural environment, yet there's still several flights that come in and out of the small Alaskan Airlines airport daily.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">After getting a ride from the lodge's shuttle, I had a couple drinks at the bar at Glacier Bear Lodge, where I ran into </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.getthemdry.com/trips.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Jared Cady</a></span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> of </span><a href="http://www.getthemdry.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;"><b><span style="color: blue;">Get Em Dry Jigs</span></b></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> and </span><a href="http://www.lpjsguideservice.com/about-lpjs-guide-service/" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Lael Johnson</b></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> of </span><a href="http://www.baitballz.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Bait Ballz</b></span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">, who were preparing to fish the tidally influenced lower end of the river and invited me to tag along with them. Speckled belly geese flew overhead, as bald eagles towered over us in the trees, and greater yellowlegs roamed the gravel shorelines, a welcoming scene of abundant wildlife that set the tone for our evening quest for chrome. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Lael and Jared hooked a couple fish swinging flies, and I brought in my first Alaskan steelhead on a spinner. Having thought I was just going to have some beers at the lodge, I had only been in Alaska since lunch and at the river for an hour before smooching an oryncus mykiss hen and sending her on her way upstream to spawn. A brown bear ran across the road in front of us on the way out, as if it was chasing our report and heading to the river. A sign at the ramp warned visitors of an aggressive bear in the area recently, so seeing my first grizzly from the safety of the vehicle was satisfying. I was in awe of the beauty of this place and the diversity of wildlife species. Being my first day in Alaska, I felt as if mother nature rolled out the red carpet for me.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">The next day, I caught a ride with some friends to the boat launch and explored the river on foot. I hooked some of the biggest steelhead I've ever been witness to, and lost them to snags at my feet struggling to keep them under control. I redeemed myself by shaking hands with a few fresh fish later on, as well as my first dolly varden and a rare resident rainbow trout. I continued catching fish until the sun began to fall and it got too cold for comfort. I stood at a popular river crossing attempting to hitch a ride back to the lodge. The first two anglers were camping near the river, and although they weren't headed to the lodge, invited me back to their camp for a beer. However, I was eager to return to the lodge (where there's a roof, heat, and a bar), and the next angler politely obliged me and my canine companion with a ride.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Back at the lodge, I met Tony "Famous" Davis and Kristen Dunn from Kodiak Custom Tackle. They were headed out for a float trip the next day, but were staying with a couple friends, Shannon and Kate, that wanted to stomp the banks and indicator fish with beads. They offered me a ride to the river the next morning, where Shannon started the day with a couple beautiful hens right out of the gate, including one that broke the handle on her net. We mozied upriver and settled in at the spot where I hooked most of my fish the day before and we landed several more. We were using just the basket of the net at that point, which was an awkward and exciting experience. The amount of wood snags is intimidating, but with every fish, I seemed to get better at keeping them pinned and getting them close enough for pictures.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Tony and Kristen from </span><a href="https://www.kodiakcustom.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-decoration-line: none;"><b><span style="color: blue;">Kodiak Custom Fishing tackle</span></b></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">, and Ty Wyatt, </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><a href="http://www.glacierbearlodge.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue;">Glacier Bear Lodge</span></a>'s</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"> halibut captain took me along with them for a fun trip walking along the banks of the Situk. While wandering upstream in belly-button deep water, I hooked a hen early in the morning that caught the attention of a large otter that swam across the river to steal it from me. I found a small perch tucked into some willows where I could get out of the water and try to quickly land the fish. As I was leaning down to grab it by the tail, the otter popped it's head up only a couple feet away to my left. I tried to boot it in the head to send a message that I wasn't giving up my fish that easy. It showed it's teeth like an angry dog and leaped back into the water, swimming upstream. I managed to land the fish downstream and safely release it away from the otter, but it was definitely humbling to know I was meddling with the local wildlife's territory.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">In the evening, we headed back to tidally influenced water, and on my first cast, I landed my first ever tidally influenced steelhead on a bead, a mission I wanted to complete purely out of curiosity how soon the feeding instincts of steelhead kick in as they enter the river and begin viewing eggs as a food source. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Shortly after, Ty and Tony, who happen to be lifelong friends from Philomath, Oregon, doubled up on a pair of bucks fresh from the salt. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;">Tony's fish was a redeeming note to end his visit, having been out-fished by his partner Kristen most of their time in Yakutat. As we continued to push the limits of the rising tide and a hot bite, we eventually turned around to notice the ground we were standing on was underwater, and so was our gear, so it was time to head back to the lodge.<br /><br />Dinners at the lodge every evening were incredible, but being able to put in an order for a sack lunch to take to the river the next day was truly a convenience worthy of appreciation. Complimentary breakfasts in the morning were nothing short of any diner as well. A quick stop at the airport's fly shop on the way out to pick up some souvenirs, and I left Yakutat with my head in the clouds, obsessing over returning someday to do it again. The target-rich environment of the Situk is the steelhead stream dreams are made of, offering the experience for a novice to cut their teeth on steelheading, for the tinkering tackle-crafter to experiment with new methods, and for the advanced angler to challenge themselves, marking the last few checks off their list. A mix of younger trout bums packing into rooms and vehicles like sardines and wealthy, retired businessmen sipping scotch and smoking cigars in the lodge all convene on the river to live the same dream, and have the kind of experience that never leaves them.</span>Randall Bonnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458971733275922492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164692816282229267.post-36156210866313223312019-12-03T22:33:00.000-08:002019-12-07T12:16:03.138-08:00Snipe Hunting (Yes, it's a thing)When I was about 10 years old, my father, an avid waterfowler, took me out on my first snipe hunt. His preface on the drive out to the marsh was to be suspicious of anyone who offered to take me on a snipe hunt. He explained the folklore of a fool's errand, where a city slicker is taken out in the woods with a burlap sack and a flashlight, basically left to their own devices with an impossible mission. Snipe hunting however is a real thing that people do, and although it's not as difficult as catching a bird with a sack in the middle of the night, it's still a fun, challenging endeavour.<br />
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The appreciation of small game hunting in general is something that seems to have been lost among the modern hunters of today. It's lack of popularity and hunter participation has some fringe benefits. Private landowners are more likely to grant permission to hunt small game than deer. Small game hunting areas, specifically the habitat that is likely to hold snipe, are typically less pressured. Getting away from other hunters offers an experience of solitude, which is a nice change of pace from battling with weekend warrior waterfowlers.<br />
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It's a great alternative activity when your days off don't always align with the best days of duck hunting. Snipe are often a by-catch as far as harvesting target species, and their season runs parallel with waterfowl in Oregon and Washington. A fair weather day that doesn't get ducks moving can often become a great snipe hunt. Popular public game reserves for pheasant and waterfowling are good places to look when duck hunters are at home waiting for a rainy day. Drainage ditches and shallow flooded grasslands near wooded areas are another safe bet. A snowy small game hunt can often narrow down the space these birds will occupy. Their long beaks are made for capturing worms in bogs, shorelines, or the edges of marshland. Frozen ground will often push them back into thick cover. They need to be able to probe the ground to be out and actively feeding.<br />
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Snipe are the only shorebirds legal to hunt, and they inhabit the northwest year round. There are many shorebirds that are protected species, but once you stumble upon snipe, observing their flying habits make them unmistakable. Killdeer are often encountered in the same areas and are off limits. They make a loud, continuous, annoying call, and often fake being injured to lead threats away from their nests. There are several other shorebird species such as the dowitcher, that are also off-limits that you're likely to see out in the marsh. These you'll often see out in open flats in large flocks. You'll be able to spot snipe once they're airborne, it is extremely unlikely you'll ever see one on the ground. They make a distinctive peep as they leave the ground and take to the air.<br />
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One tip my father gave me on that hunt as a kid was, "Shoot 'em before they shit!" His suggestion was that snipe are like a racehorse with wings, meaning that once they lifted off and lightened their load, they would suddenly accelerate into oblivion. That advice helped me take my first snipe on that hunt, just as it left the ground. However, hunting them as an adult revealed the value of patience.<br />
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The flight pattern of a snipe for the most part is highly unpredictable, zigging and zagging erratically as they reach a certain altitude, wings beating frantically, often looking confused as to where it's going, much to the confusion of the hunter aiming at it. A "sniper" is a shooter skilled enough to take down this strange bird. Although the birds are excellent table fare, this is admittedly not the most economical method at gathering food, and they are mainly appetizer sized birds. The scientific name for Wilson's snipe is <i>Gallinago delicata</i>, <i>gallina </i>being latin for "hen," the suffix -<i>ago </i>meaning "resembling," and <i>delicata </i>meaning "dainty." They are small creatures that are tough to hit and it often takes many shells to bring home a few. Non-toxic shot is required by law, and you don't have to use the smallest shot possible with the most pellets you can sling in their general direction, but it helps.<br />
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There is a bizarre phenomenon to their flight pattern that sometimes pays off not to take the shot right away. Once they've frantically zigged, zagged, and gained altitude until nearly out of range, they often seem to forget why they flew off in the first place, double back, and attempt to land where they took off. This is often your best shot, and you may not get this opportunity if you spray and pray right away. Walking with the wind to your back also creates an advantage as they often take flight into the direction of the wind, giving you a better chance at an early shot.<br /><br />
Hunting snipe is the hybrid of flushing upland game birds and waterfowling among the marsh. It's a great youth hunting opportunity on days when it's difficult to keep kids engaged because ducks aren't flying. It doesn't require fancy camo or a well-trained dog, and it's a good hunting opportunity for a minimalist that enjoys walking. Being able to hunt shallow marsh in fair weather often means you can perform this activity in jeans and hip waders, rather than getting fully suited and booted.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #274e13;">This article was published in the January 2019 issue of Northwest Sportsman Magazine</span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's important for our mental health to be like water, and go with the flow during the transition to the rainy season. Pull your rain gear out of the closet and run it through the wash. Have a good pair of boots. Replace your windshield wipers and tires. Prepare yourself mentally for the challenges of maintaining an active lifestyle and have all the necessary items to prevent yourselves from being discouraged to go outdoors, rain or shine.</span><br />
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Randall Bonnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458971733275922492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164692816282229267.post-65563658541893761082019-10-08T11:23:00.000-07:002019-10-08T11:23:09.378-07:00E.E. Wilson Wildlife AreaE.E. Wilson Wildlife area located is located just north of Adair Village, and offers a multitude of opportunities within a short drive of town. During the month of October, ODFW releases rooster pheasants for upland bird hunters that often use a hunting dog to flush the birds. Hunting takes place between a half hour after sunrise until 5pm in the wildlife area during the pheasant season, but opportunities for quail and duck continue from fall into winter, as well as year round opportunities for small game like rabbit and squirrel. E.E. Wilson is shotgun only, requires the use of steel shot, and the use of rifles is prohibited. One exception is big game. Buckshot and slugs are legal to hunt elk and blacktail deer. Archery hunts for big game are another exception.<br />
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The archery range offers a variety of targets at varying distances, as well as a 3D target of a bull elk. Across Camp Adair road to the south, there's a sporting clay shooting range as well. Both facilities offer the opportunity for hunters to hone their skills and perfect their aim for the big hunt.<br />
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A parking pass is required for parking at the gated entrances to the wildlife area, and funds the upkeep and maintenance of food plots planted for wildlife. The wildlife area exists on the site of the World War II Camp Adair military base, and is gridded with paved roads that now serve as walking paths, while the dilapidated remains of structures still exist from that era. The scenery provides some historical significance and perspective, as nature continues to persevere, overtaking the concrete pillars and platforms with moss and debris. It's got an eerie vibe about it that is unlike hunting anywhere else.Randall Bonnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458971733275922492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164692816282229267.post-47681466190996571032019-09-07T16:19:00.000-07:002019-10-07T10:18:45.349-07:00Outdoor School Curriculum (fishing)<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white;">1. LEAVE NO TRACE -</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">That means not only picking up after yourself, but take a moment to pick up a few pieces of trash that you find this week. Accidents happen, and anglers lose tackle, so it's important to offset our impact on the places we fish by leaving those places better than we found them.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">2. NO SWIMMING</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Wading up to the knees is okay. Ideally, we don't want to scare the fish, so it's better to be stealthy. </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">3. NO THROWING STICKS/ROCKS/ETC -</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">We don't want anyone to get hurt, break any rods, and again, we don't want to scare the fish.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">4. BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS -</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Don't disturb other anglers. Look before you cast so you don't hook a tree limb or each other. Take in natural observations, what forage the fish might feed on and where fish might hide. Weather patterns, position of the sun and shadows being cast into the water. Enjoying the outdoors and learning about the local flora and fauna we're going to be discovering. Don't harass wildlife. Be aware of plants like blackberries, poison oak, or nettles that could ruin our day, or end the week early. </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">5. KNOW YOUR FISH -</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">- Discuss different species in the area</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">- Catch and release laws vs. ethics</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">5. Overview of agenda for today:</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">- Nature walk</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">- Observe plants, birds, habitat, (hopefully) fish</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">- Turn over rocks/observe food sources for fish</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">- talk about what kind of bait you could find in nature</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">- how would you imitate that forage with artificial lures?</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">7. Tackle, Knots, & Rigging -</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">- Rods, Reels, and how they work, inside and out</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">- Overview of Line, Weights, Swivels, Hooks</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">- Fisherman's Knot</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">- Rigging demonstration(s)</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">8. </span></b></span><b>Fish anatomy and processing</b><br />
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<b><br /></b>Randall Bonnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458971733275922492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164692816282229267.post-63135948324289046542019-09-03T15:11:00.001-07:002019-09-03T15:11:23.302-07:00Willamette Valley Food Trail Application <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">A small group in our community is working on creating a new promotional brochure that will </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">highlight culinary and agritourism businesses in and around Benton and Linn Counties</b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">We are now taking applications to join the Mid-Willamette Valley Food Trail and would love for you to apply or send this along to others who might be interested in this opportunity.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">With many of our fishing harvest opportunities shrinking or completely vanishing, there's one in particular that has moved into the spotlight in recent history. Casting from the surf can be a fun alternative to chasing unicorn meat among a myriad of jetboats in the spring. Surf perch provide an a</span><span style="background-color: white;">bundance of harvest opportunity, with an aggregate limit of 15 fish in Oregon, which is home to 9 different viviparous species classified taxonomically in the family of Embiotocidae. For those who don't speak greek, the family name comes from</span><i style="background-color: white;"> embios</i><span style="background-color: white;">, meaning "persistent," and </span><i style="background-color: white;">tokos</i><span style="background-color: white;">, meaning "birth," because they are one of the few fishes that give birth to their young. The embryo as well as the yolk are both nourished directly by the mother. They typically give birth during the fall, so spring is the perfect time to gather a few for the table. This is also the time of year when surf perch typically begin to form schools tight to the shoreline to begin spawning.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">As these fisheries grow in popularity, internet groups and forums specifically categorized for westcoast surfcasting or Oregon surf perch fishing are more relaxed on offering reports and information to improve your success, so by all means, utilize them. These small communities are often very welcoming to new members, and great ambassadors to the sport of fishing in general. </span><span style="background-color: white;">While the catch may be plentiful, much about the Central Oregon Coast population of surf perch is s</span><span style="background-color: white;">till a mystery, so ODFW encourages keeping a few for the dinner table and releasing the rest. Redtail surf perch take 3 to 4 years to reach sexual maturity and the quantity of young they bear is relative to their size. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Starry flounder, petrale and sand soles are sometimes a by catch, and also offer a very generous harvest limit of 25 fish.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">The two most common species of surf perch are redtail and striped perch. Smaller species like the Walleye and Shiner perch are also quite common, but snack sized at best. The best part is all species of surf perch live within fifty feet of the shoreline, so you don't need a boat to target them. Having a surf rod that can handle slinging heavy weight long distances is definitely an advantage, but something sensitive enough to detect strikes in the churning waves is also helpful. Sandshrimp, sidewinder crabs, clams or mussels are good bait options, but their diet mostly consists of Pacific mole crab or "sand flea" or "sand crab." If you can find a sandy area with these critters, they make great bait, and there's probably surf perch around.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">If you're fishing bait, a crappie rig and snell rigged baitholder</span><span style="background-color: white;"> hooks work just fine but a sliding weight can give you an advantage at detecting strikes in heavy surf and allows your presentation to move around a little more freely without being washed away. As far as hook size is concerned, consider if you'd like to catch more or bigger fish, and choose an appropriate size. Clawfoot or medallion weights are vital at keeping your presentation from being tossed around in the surf. Harry's Bait & Tackle in Newport is my favorite pitstop for all of the above, and don't be afraid to ask for a few suggestions on where others are having success. Horsefall Beach and Sparrow Park Rd are good starting points on the south coast. Vehicle and recreational ATV access offers some opportunity to be a little more mobile up and down the coastline in those areas. Ona Beach and Fishing Rock are good places to look along the central coast, while Seaside and Gerhart. are starting points for the North Coast.<br /><br />Try to avoid large concentrations of people, as many of the popular parks and recreational areas will be full of looky-loos asking what you're doing every five minutes. If you can find access to a beach near residential areas, you'll have a little more space to work with, and you won't have to keep such a close eye on whatever you have back on the shore.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> Always check the local regulations for where you're planning on fishing just to make sure you're not entering a marine reserve. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">If you're targeting redtails over the sand, look for areas with a depression in the waves, or flat water just beyond the breakers. That sweet spot is where you find schooling redtails. They are more likely to move up and down the shoreline than in and out, so if you find a school and lose it, move to your left or right instead of just trying to cast out further. Wearing waders is a good way to get a little closer, but respect the element of danger to being out there and don't turn your back on the ocean. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Having a stringer you can carry and keep with you will also help keep your catch from washing away, or becoming a seagull snack on shore while you're focused and casting into the waves. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Once you learn to read the water, you'll be able to spot "holes" in the surf, which could be as simple as an area where waves seem to meet from two different angles and just sort of die on the water's surface. Anywhere a creek or estuary dumps into the ocean is another safe bet, as there's a steady flow of food sources pouring into the surf.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Timing is everything. If you're not fishing on the incoming tide, the odds are stacked against you. All the little critters along the shoreline that are washed into the surf when the tide comes back in create a feeding frenzy. It may take a while for that frenzy to start or find a feeding school, so if you're not getting bit in a few minutes, bounce around a little bit and try some different presentations. Using a dual presentation can give you an advantage of trying a couple different baits at once to find out what they want they're on a finicky bite. Swells are almost necessary to churn up food for redtails. Anything beyond 5-6 feet swells aren't worth it to risk it for the biscuit. Not just because it's dangerous, but big swells will also churn up lots of salty vegetables that make it frustrating to impossible to fish.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Don't rule out soft plastics or scent either. A small mister twister curly tail grub with a motor oil color is a classic sand crab imitation. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Berkeley gulp sandshrimp or sandworms are an excellent bait for redtails. You really only need about a 2" sized bait, so you can split them up and be a little more conservative with them. UV can sometimes make a difference as well. R</span><span style="background-color: white;">ob Brown also sells a soft plastic creature bait that resembles a hellgrammite on his Custom Tackle Works website or on the shelves at Oregon Rod Reel & Tackle. ORRT also carries a wide selection of thirsty beads, which rigged above your presentation can aid in holding scent.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">While all of these work great on the sand for redtails, striped perch tend to favor live bait over soft plastics, and hold tighter to outcropping rocks or pilings. When the surf or the wind picks up, you can still find areas tucked away behind geographical wind and current breaks where you'll find striped perch. Read the water like you would for salmon or steelhead. If there's something there to break the currents of the incoming (or outgoing) tides, fish the breaks in those currents or just beyond them. Small fingers or pilings off the jetties in estuaries are prime territory. They are opportunistic feeders that will often hold in that soft water waiting for food to wash over the structure. While redtails tend to hover along the bottom, striped surf perch will often be suspended, so a crappie rig with the weight on the bottom is more ideal than a sliding weight setup. Cast, reel the line tight, and raise the rod tip up so the two baits are suspended off the bottom. If you're crawling out on the rocks, make sure you can get back when the tide begins to rise.<br /><br />If you're interested in a little friendly competition, YouTube user Pk Yi (who has a following of 41k subscribers) puts on annual surf perch derbies. His event last year brought in 90 participants, and he's planning another for July 27th at Ona Beach State Park. If you're in Washington, check out SurfPerchDerby.com for an annual event on May 19th in Long Beach. If you've got a busy schedule and can't make it to those events, you can also enter the month long derby in May held by Tony's Crab Shack in Bandon. All species of surf perch are accepted from Humbug Mountain, Port Orford to Horsefall Beach in Coos Bay at this event. Good luck!</span><br />
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</span>Randall Bonnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458971733275922492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164692816282229267.post-7828525619390046202019-06-16T11:54:00.001-07:002019-06-16T11:54:57.896-07:00Fishing Camp Curriculum for Coyle Outside Day OneDay One Rules and Basics:<br /><br />1. LEAVE NO TRACE -<br /><br />That means not only picking up after yourself, but take a moment to pick up a few pieces of trash that you find this week. Accidents happen, and we might lose some tackle, but let's offset our impact on this place by leaving this place better than we found it.<br /><br />2. NO SWIMMING -<br />
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Don't disturb other anglers. Look before you cast so you don't hook a tree limb or each other. Take in natural observations, what forage the fish might feed on and where fish might hide. Enjoy the outdoors and learning about the local flora and fauna we're going to be discovering. Don't harass wildlife. Be aware of plants like blackberries, poison oak, or nettles that could ruin our day.<br /><br />5. KNOW YOUR FISH -<br /><br />- Discuss different species in the area<br />
- Catch and release laws vs. ethics<br /><br />4. Overview of agenda for the week: TBD<br /><br />5. Overview of agenda for today:<br /><br />- Nature walk<br />- Observe plants, birds, habitat, (hopefully) fish<br />- Turn over rocks/observe food sources for fish<br />
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6. Traps -<br /><br />- Creating your own traps from natural materials<br />- Creating your own traps from discarded plastic bottles<br />
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- Bait and set pre-constructed crawfish traps<br /><br />7. Tackle, Knots, & Rigging -<br /><br />- Rods, Reels, and how they work, inside and out<br />- Overview of Line, Weights, Swivels, Hooks<br />- Fisherman's Knot<br />- Rigging demonstration(s)<br /><br />8. Check Traps -<br /><br />- Observe and identify different species<br />
- Discuss why certain traps did or did not work<br /><br />Randall Bonnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458971733275922492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164692816282229267.post-57705892922502771922019-04-10T00:59:00.000-07:002019-04-10T00:59:20.053-07:00RE: Diane Peterson's "Kids and Guns" Letter (reduced word count version for EW)Children will encounter scenarios legislation can't prevent. Your suggestion to "hold gun owners accountable for responsibly storing their guns" as an alternative solution is focused on legislating the aftermath of horrific events, rather than preventing them.<br />
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Derek LeBlanc has worked diligently with representatives on both sides of the aisle presenting prevention based legislation. I've attended his course, witnessed his dedication to inform children about a real-life scenarios if they encounter a firearm that is not "responsibly stored."<br />
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I sympathize with concerns about "firearm safety for first graders," but have you read <a href="https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB801/Introduced">the bill</a>? The classes are nonpolitical. Must neither encourage or discourage gun ownership. At no time may any real firearm or live ammunition be used or possessed during the class. They're a half hour each year during recess. Parents are given notice so they may opt and children can go to recess rather than participating.<br />
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While taboo for parents who don't own guns, I recommend considering Derek's program, whether or not the bill passes. Treating this subject with fear-mongering ignorance isn't going to prevent accidents. Regardless of your ideologies about gun ownership, this bill is focused on giving children necessary information that could save lives. It is deeply disappointing anyone would oppose this bill, saying it's "wrong to put the burden of firearm safety on children." You are accepting the burden of your children not being prepared for these real life scenarios, and the responsibility for accidents it could prevent.Randall Bonnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458971733275922492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164692816282229267.post-15694164954440341172019-04-07T10:50:00.000-07:002019-04-07T11:49:54.703-07:00RE: "Kids and Guns" (Eugene Weekly Letter to the Editor)<img src="https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/56344538_802081716839918_9183355147953111040_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&_nc_eui2=AeECBD5DY8nKqdbKF7Kn9RcniZWpide5WzU4_SEpEWW0y0S5cxMbOSgUDLg1kh3Vuri9cGy00QWVxAuFsyAfti4c6mYryrngmXC8K8wpOxzObw&_nc_ht=scontent-sea1-1.xx&oh=25e298cf43e45fa399e85be3e3eb63b8&oe=5D09D40E" /><br />
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In response to Diane Peterson's letter last week, I'd like to shed some light on the value of the bill related to youth firearm safety course for 1st graders, or SB801. It is wrong to oppose a bill that could potentially save the lives of children through education. While there IS a great responsibility on adult gun owners to store their weapons safely, children will find themselves in many situations during their lives where they encounter scenarios presented to them by irresponsible adults. Criminals who can't legally possess a gun can still acquire and discard a firearm where a child may come in contact with it. You can't prevent those types of scenarios through legislation. As a firm supporter of harm reduction philosophies, I believe we must meet these problems where they are, and do what it takes to prevent more accidents from happening. This involves educating children on what to do when they encounter a firearm. Your opposition to this bill and suggestion to instead "hold gun owners accountable for responsibly storing their guns" as an alternative solution is too focused on legislating the aftermath of horrific events, rather than preventing them from happening in the first place.<br />
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Derek LeBlanc, who originally presented a draft of this bill to legislators has worked diligently with politicians on both sides of the aisle to present a bill that is marketable and agreeable for everyone in an effort to do something to prevent accidental gun deaths involving children. I've personally attended his youth firearm safety course and seen first hand his dedication to informing children on what to do in a real-life scenarios if they encounter a firearm that is not "responsibly stored," as well as a curriculum focused on the subjects of video games vs. real life violence, the dangers of confusing firearms with toy guns, and with relation to things like airsoft guns, the promotion of aiming at targets rather than each other.<br />
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I can sympathize with the concern of parents who become apprehensive when they see headlines about "firearm safety for first graders," but have you actually read <a href="https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB801/Introduced">the text of this bill</a>? It is nonpolitical and must neither encourage or discourage gun ownership. At no time At no time may any real firearm or live ammunition be used or possessed during the class. The class is a half hour each year and held during recess. Parents are given prior notice about the class so they may opt and their children can go to recess rather than participating.<br />
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Catering to the curiosity of children about guns may be a taboo for parents who do not own guns, but I would highly recommend that they consider introducing their children to Derek's program, whether or not the bill passes. Treating the subject with fear-mongering ignorance is not going to prevent accidents from happening. Most accidents don't happen in the homes of "dangerous people" that laws passed by legislators would prevent from being gun owners in the first place. Regardless of your ideologies about gun ownership, this bill is focused on giving children necessary information that could very well save their lives. It is deeply disappointing and downright disturbing that anyone would oppose this bill, and say it's "wrong to put the burden of firearm safety on children." By opposing this legislation, you are accepting the burden of your children not being prepared for these real life scenarios, and accepting the responsibility for the accidents it could prevent.<br />
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<br />Randall Bonnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458971733275922492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164692816282229267.post-44035068857281810652019-03-18T21:56:00.001-07:002019-11-19T20:41:05.384-08:00Alsea Wild Broodstock Call to ActionLast year, the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/735424753189507/">Linn Benton Chapter</a> of <a href="http://www.ccaoregon.org/">Coastal Conservation Association</a> held it's annual banquet and fundraiser, drawing record attendance. With the formation of the Siletz Anglers Association, there is a great deal of momentum to improve our local fisheries, and the spotlight has been shining on potential improvements for the Siletz River.<br />
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Meanwhile, a shadow has been forming on the other side of the mountain. Carrying some of that momentum into a collaborative effort would greatly benefit recreational anglers who fish the Alsea, and in turn reduce pressure on central coast fisheries. Over the past several years, the Alsea fishery has been in a perpetual state of disrepair, and wild broodstock collection has been an arduous point of contention for guides and recreational anglers alike. Mortality issues affecting both the Alsea and Siletz have been a catalyst for long overdue equipment upgrades, but not without tarnishing the program's relationship with the community, and forming somewhat of a divide in cooperation and lack of transparency on multiple levels.<br />
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The hatchery has been extremely cautious to improve it's rapport, but hesitant to disclose information to the public that could help the productivity of the wild broodstock program on the Alsea. A good basis for comparison is the Cedar Creek and Alsea Hatchery facilities.<br />
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The timing seems optimal to capitalize on some of this momentum. I'm offering a list of talking points that I'd like our regional fishing community to consider moving forward between today and the week of March 25th.<br />
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<li>The Siletz Wild Broodstock program has a quota to capture 35 pairs of wild broodstock fish for spawning. </li>
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<li>The quota on the Alsea is 40 pairs (or 10 more fish of equal sex).</li>
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<li>Historically, the Siletz Wild Broodstock program consistently reaches that annual quota.</li>
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<li>The Alsea Wild Broodstock program has never met this quota in it's history.</li>
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<li>On March 14th, Asst. Fish Biologist Paul Olmsted requested that Siletz Wild Broodstock Collection participants put the brakes on contributing fish until March 25th, citing: "You guys are too good!" and "This is a good problem to have."</li>
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<li>As of today March 18th, the Alsea Wild Broodstock program has collected 18 bucks and 21 hens from anglers, 15 pairs of which have been spawned and another 9 fish that are being held until they are "ripe."</li>
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<li>As of March 14th, the Siletz Wild Broodstock program has collected 33 pairs of wild broodstock.</li>
<li>There are an additional 4 bucks and 7 hens of Wild Broodstock that have been captured by the trap at the Alsea facility.</li>
<li>If the quota of 40 pairs of wild broodstock fish (the maximum allowed is 45) is not collected, hatchery stock will be used in the spawning matrix. If hatchery fish are used in the wild broodstock program, at least 30 percent of the broodstock will be of wild fish origin. (<a href="https://www.dfw.state.or.us/fish/hatchery/docs/HPMP/Alsea%20HPMP%202019.pdf">See page 6 of the Alsea Hatchery Program Management Plan</a>)</li>
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PVC tubes have been used by anglers to collect wild broodstock fish on the Alsea River. As effective as they are at keeping the fish calm while they're stationary, boaters are often hesitant to use them. The hatchery also cites lack of manpower to retrieve them on a regular basis from pick up points at the boat ramps. Guides have reported leaving them at the ramp overnight and seeing them still in the same place when they finish their float the next day. There have also been instances of poaching, wildlife harassment, and liberation of the collection broodstock fish (likely by parties that oppose the program as a result of these issues). However, I'd like to offer some possible solutions.</div>
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A self-service angler drop off area for Alsea wild broodstock is a new addition to the Alsea facility this year. There are only a small handful of people who have been consistently using it. It seems that this new addition has been for the most part ignored by the majority of the guides in our region who already have wild broodstock collection tanks on board their vessels or they are simply unaware of that it even exists. I'm hoping for this open letter to change both.<br />
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One of the top contributors to the program this year (by way of the self-service angler drop off) is a 19 year old Fisheries & Wildlife student at Oregon State University by the name of Logan Ellis. He is leading by example, and deserves some positive attention for the ambitious effort he has put into this program. If a teenage recreational angler can build his own livewell broodstock tank and become one of the most prolific contributors to the Alsea Wild Broodstock program, then large groups of well-organized, influential and well known professional guides should be taking notice just how far removed they are from it.<br />
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This is a call to action. I have a set of goals I'd personally like to see accomplished, but meeting the wild broodstock collection quota for the Alsea program is at the top of the list. The Siletz only needs 2 pair of wild broodstock contributions the week of March 25th, which should be easy to achieve. It seems like mission impossible to contribute nearly double the number of angler caught wild fish for the entire season on the Alsea in a matter of two weeks, but I'm asking anyone who can fit the time and effort into their busy schedules between now and the end of the month to simply step up and lead by example the way 19 year old Logan Ellis has. Let's end this season on a high note, and go into the next one prepared.<br />
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As for my other personal goals for the Alsea Wild Broodstock program, they are as follows:<br />
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<b>1. Improve the current self-service drop off station</b><br />
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The current self-service drop off station did not have a net at the beginning of this season. I was told by hatchery personnel that the reason for this was "Most boaters already have a net." However, after seeing footage online of people grabbing fish out of their wild broodstock tanks and dropping them into the raceway, my concerns were confirmed. The concrete wall is a couple feet high, and so is the fence around it, meaning there's a 4+ foot drop into roughly 18" of water. The fish are doing a cannonball into the shallow end of the pool. I would like to see <b>squared</b>, fine mesh nets that are constructed to fit into the corners of the livewell tanks and be easier on the transition of the fish from box-to-box. After issuing an initial request for a net, being told everyone already has one, and showing them that people aren't using their nets, the hatchery provided a landing net at the station. This is a step in the right direction, but a net designed for this function needs to be acquired, and a landing net is likely more subject to theft.<br />
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Another possible solution is some sort of slide or chute, similar to a smaller scale version of the "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9tP3B6g58Q">Salmon cannon</a>" designed by <a href="https://www.whooshh.com/">Whooshh Innovations</a> so the fish aren't being just dumped in shallow water with a concrete bottom. This kind of project would likely require some thought going into the design and possibly additional funding, but would set a positive example for the Cedar Creek facility drop off area, which also has a bit of a drop over a fence and concrete wall before the fish hit the water when they are released.<br />
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<b>2. Construct Livewell Broodstock Tanks for Public Use</b><br />
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There are far less tanks available on this side of the mountain than guides who consistently fish the Alsea and support our wild broodstock program. Even if we can't provide tanks to everyone, those who tube their fish and leave them at the boat ramp can collaborate with allies within the program who do have tanks to expedite the transfer of wild broodstock to the self-service drop off station. We can't depend on the hatchery personnel to perform this task of picking up the fish we collect, but we can volunteer efforts to do this ourselves.<br />
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If you are a guide or angler participating in the Siletz wild broodstock program, loaning out your tanks to those who are more focused on the Alsea fishery for the next week or two (until wild broodstock collection resumes on the Siletz) is one way you can help the Alsea program without having to leave the Siletz.<br />
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<b>3. Transparency and self-regulation</b><br />
The Cedar Creek facility has a drop off station with a weatherproof kiosk that has a clipboard which lists contributions by angler/guide, date, sex, and quantity. A similar kiosk existed for a very brief period at the Alsea facility, but was "destroyed by the weather." I was told that the complete list of contributors was now being kept confidential for privacy reasons, but that I could still acquire that information by filing a public records request with the ODFW office in Salem. I think it's valuable information for the contributions to be transparent for the accountability of both the participants and the hatchery.<br />
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<b>4. Funding these projects independently through regional angler advocacy groups</b><br />
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Our Linn-Benton CCA chapter has a regional project fund it has never used since it was founded 5 years ago. The Alsea Sportsman's Association also has project funding that has not been earmarked.</div>
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Thank you for your consideration in these matters. I look forward to seeing what we can accomplish in the short time frame these opportunities have presented themselves, and moving forward into being better prepared for next winter steelhead season.<br />
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Randall Bonner<br />
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Alsea Sportsman's Association</div>
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Received an email this afternoon that Senator Gelser removed her chief sponsorship from the bill. This email is public record. Please send letters of thanks and praise to Senator Gelser for responding so quickly to concerns about Senate Bill 723.<br /><br />From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Sen Gelser</strong> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Sen.SaraGelser@oregonlegislature.gov" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Sen.SaraGelser@<wbr></wbr>oregonlegislature.gov</a>></span><br />Date: Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 1:38 PM<br />Subject: Re: Senate Bill 723<br />To: Randall Bonner <<a href="mailto:rainorshinerandall@gmail.com" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">rainorshinerandall@gmail.com</a>></div>
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Thank you for following up! It’s been a busy day and I was planning to direct message you to see if we could move this discussion to email as I was afraid I would miss things on Twitter, where my feed has been taken over by a debate about vaccines.<u></u><u></u></div>
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I appreciate that you raised the concerns you did about SB 723. I was visited in my office and also received a number of letters asking me to sign on to legislation to prohibit a specific kind of coyote hunting contests. I saw the photos and video, and found it to be disturbing. I remain concerned about that practice on a personal level.<u></u><u></u></div>
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However, based on your letter and that of others I realized that I am missing a great deal of information about the hunting and fishing community, predator management, and events and strategies. While I still oppose the cougar hunting contest, it is clear that this bill is much more broad and spreads into areas about which I lack sufficient information. As a result, I have withdrawn my name from the bill and am no longer a sponsor. I can’t justify being the sponsor of a bill about which I cannot answer all of the questions. There is a process that goes through, so the website may not immediately reflect that. It appears that it requires the approval of the Senate President to have my name removed.<u></u><u></u></div>
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I am happy to pick up this conversation later as the bill will be heard in the committee on which I serve. I’m interested in the topic generally and do hope there is a way for it to be more narrowly tailored to the problem it was described as trying to solve. In the mean time, I do need to send notes to my constituents to whom I indicated I would sign on as a co-sponsor so that I can explain my decision to them. I hope you will bear with me if it is next week before I can pick this thread with you back up. However, if you have urgent questions that need to be resolved right away of course you will immediately have my attention again.<u></u><u></u></div>
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Finally, I have never and will never introduce or support legislation based on who has put it forward or campaign finance. That’s not really my style. In this case, I signed on because I was moved by the photos and the description of what sounded like a very cruel and indiscriminate process. It was my error to not step back and learn more before I affixed my name to the bill that was brought by my office. I do not fault the proponents of the bill for this—I should have taken more time to study before I agreed.<u></u><u></u></div>
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