Bananas in the boat, high muddy water, and the river that should be named Patrick Roy R.

If monday was slow and tuesday was rough, gettin two fish on three bites and one fish on one bite respectively, then wednesday, thursday and friday were abysmal. With just two walleyes in two days of fishing "the nation's best walleye water" as proclaimed by walleye guru Ed Iman. Followed up by a shutout, biteless and fishless, Friday.

Mid day tuesday we left oregon city en route for the desert. A two hour drive from the omnipresent rain that hangs over portland there is in fact a desert. We drove through some of the most beautiful mountain passes and pine covered hills I may ever see, wild sheep, goats, and mule deer. As we pushed east the green mountains turned, eventually to brown sandy rolling hills with sparse sage brush splotchings.

We started out Wednesday AM with a nice 25in eye at about 7am. Iman called it a little guy...

Well we couldn't seem to find another taker for the remainder of the day despite other boats pulling in nearlly ten fish.

Thursday was even worse. We fished from sun up to noon without so much as a perch peck on anyones line. Finally at the last minute we drifted over a reef and snagged an 18in. milking male. After we landed the boat, and were unloading to head back to portland I found out we had one of the worst bad luck charms on the boat. Bananas!

We drove back to Portland to fish steelhead, salmon, and sturgeon for the last day. We were flat out shutout.

Somehow I went five, cold and rainy, days without even getting so much as a tug at the end of my line.

Now I am sitting in the San Fran airport waiting for a midnight flight to DFW airport. If I had to pick an airport to be layer over ari would choose that one. It has recliners all over the place.

I don't know when ill be fishing again, but I do have the trip out to niagra falls here in ten days.

Ill keep you guys posted. Love ya.

Portland day 2. King salmon

Same kind of fishing today. This time with guide, Greg Frogner. This was a very beautiful stretch of the clackammus river that featured huge cliffs and waterfalls.

The picture we got from the one fish we caught is supposed to make the cover of Salmon Trout Steelheader magazine.... we will see. If it does I will have made my first magazine cover!

Portland springers

Day one is over in portland. We trolled around fishing suspended fish @ 17-23 feet in 40-70 FOW. We were using 10oz. Weights on a 3 way swivel with a triangle flasher and herring dead bait.

We caught our first fish right away at 730 and it was a beauty. The second fish was the one I caught was also the last fish of the day, which came at 4:30.

Obviously it was a slow day on the water, but it was a good time and real easy fishing. You just sit there and watch the rod in the holder.

The guys were saying that these salmon are the best eating fish that they have ever had.

Tomorrow we are side drifting for salmon. Ill update then.

Blue Mountain Lake, AR

Sitting in the airport about to head out to portland. Had a great weekend! Went out to blue mtn. Lake in blue mtn,AR.  I've never seen a smaller town in my life. Literally 2 houses and one post office. We had a tough day on water (as fishing goes). But still pulled out 6-8 eaters before I hooked the big one off the mid lake rock pt in the picture. 

The lake was as beautiful a lake as I have ever seen. Huge mountains covered in trees. No houses in sight. Rocky shoreline. It looked a lot like a canadian lakes in some parts, and then others were the typical flooded timber that you see on every lake down here.

Ill try to post tonight when im in portland.