White Sturgeon-Columbia R. Oct.2,2008

A keeper sturgeon caught below Bonneville Dam a guest of Trendy and his friends. Specie 34.

Yellow Perch- Willamette River- Sept.24

A momentous day- a yellow perch- and a chance meeting with a Knight of the Round Table- "Dartanion" a fellow fisherman aboard the "Poppy"- a camoflage painted Sevylor kayak and his Mexican Chihuahua adorned in a gilded orange ribbon of flagging tape- snuggled on his lap . "D" and I talked over an array of subjects while drifting in the wind, I shared nightcrawlers with him, and we talked fishing from Shasta Lake to River Road slew, I learned that dirt on ones hands is healthy- especially for cuts- and earthworm slime is healing..."D" was good company on cool rain kissed day near the "Globe" at Salem's Riverside Park; a kindred fisher.

Redside Shiner- Willamette River Sept. 24

This fish has character- a female redside shiner- who masqueraded as a chub until I figured out what she really was. The ident took books, the internet, and turns out to be a common specie in the Willamette River. A vintage 32 ft Chris Craft sat on the bottom of the slew near my fishing site. I imagined the fun had on the boat in its youth...hoola hoops, bikinis, coppertone, high times. It was broken and silted, no windows...teak railings indistinguishable. Kind of a sad sight...

Northern Pikeminnow-AKA Northern Squawfish- Sept 24

OK- the dreaded Northern Pikeminnow rumored to be eating all those salmon fry in the Willamette River- caught at the mouth of Mill Creek to be precise. A picture is worth a thousand words- a spinner (a dead ringer for a spring chinook salmon fry), a hungry squawfish...species number 32.

Summer Steelhead- Deschutes, Sept. 2008

Seven pound native hen caught and released in the early hours of the morning. Fished a riffle with a spinner after walking in below a flyfisher...who had already fished it. I guess he didn't have the right fly!

Fall Chinook-Columbia River- Aug. 2008

Trendy with a nice one!

Columbia River- August, 2008

Early morning trolling for Fall Chinook near Ilwaco, Washington.

Fall Coho- Columbia Tidewater- Aug. 2008

Tim with a limit of Fall Coho caught near the mouth of the Columbia River outside of Chinook Wa.

Anchovy-Columbia Tidewater- Aug. 2008

Jigged while fishing for salmon off the port of Warrenton.

Fall Chinook- Columbia Tidewater-Aug. 2008

Caught and released off Youngs Bay near Astoria, Oregon on a trolled spinner. He broke my pole in half on the take...I fought him with the butt stub of the rod and a light drag.

Pacific Staghorn-Columbia Tidewater-Aug. 2008

Hooked on a spinner while trolling for Fall Chinook near the Columbia River mouth near Chinook, Washington. The spinner was as long as the fish...quite the predator. He was croaking- almost like a growl- while iIwas handling him to release.

Sunset- Stonebrink Pond, Oregon

Largemouth bass-Stonebrink Pond-August, 2008

Brett Stonebrink with a nice largemouth- one of many caught at Brett's family pond. Good company, BS, a few cold ones and great fishing on a warm August evening!

King of the Pond

A curious, photogenic frog who popped up next to me. It posed for a few shots and disappeared....

Green Sunfish-St.Louis Ponds- July 27

Three Green Sunfish, twenty Bluegill and one Black Crappie- a great evening hooking fish and throwing them back.

Redear Sunfish- Reynolds Pond- June 22

Orange shadow bordering black gill spot confirms it- a Redear Sunfish.

Black Bullhead- Reynolds Pond-July 22

One of several small Black Bullhead caught and released at Reynolds Pond near Alfalfa, OR.

Kokanee- Wickiup Reservoir- July 21

A landlocked relative of the Sockeye salmon. In an effort to escape, this kokanee jumped into the boat-a vertical distance of three feet!

Landlocked Atlantic Salmon- Hosmer Lake- July 20

Caught and released this fly caught Atlantic Salmon on a warm, summers day on Hosmer Lake. A procession of kayakers, rafters, canoes in the channel kept the fish down most of the afternoon. A late afternoon hatch of damsel flies saved the day.

Reynolds Pond- Oregon- 2008

Redear\Bluegill Hybrid-Reynolds Pond-June, 2008

Caught and released from Reynolds Pond, Alfalfa, OR, on bobber and worms fished close to the bottom on a weed bed edge. This sunfish required a great deal of research to identify. The coloring is that of a redear sunfish, known to be in Reynolds Pond but with no red border on the black gill spot. There is a yellow border which may be a local variation of a redear. Or this may a hybridized redear\bluegill cross. Bluegill characterstics; barred back and black mark on rear dorsal fin are absent, the mouth appears larger than a bluegill too.( There is a known bluegill to compare this with in an April posting in this blog.) Anyone recognizing this sunfish is invited to comment on what you think it might be.

Blue Heron- Willamette River

Chinook Salmon-Newport, Or July 3

One of three chinook caught and released trolling on the "Kayden" six miles out of Newport. Chinook have been identified by ocean fisheries managers as in short supply this year and all chinook caught require release. The next day I caught and released three more....maybe chinook are more plentiful than we think!

Crabs! Newport Bay- July 3

Charlie and Frank working the gear. Crabbing was good- crabs dipped in butter and lemon- better!

Kelp Greenling-South Jetty-Newport, OR July 4

Fished with Casey off the South Jetty using light weights and sandshrimp fished as close to the rocks as possible. We both caught one of these beautiful fish. Greenling are related to the bigger Ling cod-