Bobber/float guide for Oregon

[JR1976Nl]

Hi guys

Somehow i Just not good in spin/lure/crank fishing....
I Get way more fish with Just float fishing

Are there Some nice tips(guides)for floatfishing in oregon?To get the biggie's?

Thanks

[JR1976Nl]

Anyone Please

[JR1976Nl]

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There has to be Some tips for me

[PsychicPossum]

No need to spam messages. Someone will be here shortly.....

Lure: Mostly any lures will work for all the trout in Oregon

Bait: Shiners and Large Minnows for trophy and uniques in Trout Lair. Cast to the end of the patch of weed to between 55 and 80ft. Maximum depth, 3/0 hook. The latter bait is better because you won't catch any normal fish.

Partly sunny: 11am to 7pm

[Winter Raven]

Float fishing for trout in Oregon is harder than float fishing for trout in Colorado.
In Colorado they strike fast at flies, grasshoppers and mayflies. In Oregon they don't stike as fast , but will take flies and grasshoppers. Fish baits work fine, but are too expensive for me.

The best set up for me in Oregon is: yellow or red grubs or chad on a #2/0 jig head. I can cast the 1/2 oz. well over 200 feet. Any retreival seems to work, I use 2 bar reel speed and lift and drop. I have caught them using staight and slow, straight, stop and go, and no rating.

[JR1976Nl]

Thanks.......

[wordagar]

I would add to the above that the purple narrow is a good choice. again just about any retrieve will work. As does the yellow beatle spinner 1/8 oz. try and stick with ultra light or light spinning gear. And move around the lake because the fish do.
I have had some luck with floats there but way more fish on spinning gear. Add me as a friend and I will be more than happy to take a trip to Oregon and try and help you out with your spinning technique. Same name in game as in forums so send me an invite and lets catch some fish

[Maxedstress]

In the pinned section is a post called (The UberSheet Project) it has all the info you need.

[Falcon]

Originally posted by JR1976Nl:

Hi guys

Somehow i Just not good in spin/lure/crank fishing....
I Get way more fish with Just float fishing

Are there Some nice tips(guides)for floatfishing in oregon?To get the biggie's?

Thanks

Floating around the edges is a great way to help fill the net in Oregon. I usually float fish exclusively from 5-7 am and 7-9 pm, and often get 50 lbs or more of fish that way. Nearly every nook and cranny along the shoreline holds at least one species of fish during those hours. Some of these little crannies hold every species in the lake.

You will have to move around some. Once you've caught 1-2 fish in one little nook, cast somewhere else. Once you've worked all the available shoreline from a certain peg, move to the next peg and start over. Tea bagging the same hole over and over will net fewer fish, and prevent you from learning the water.

I find the pegs from the bridge all the way around to the waterfall are the most productive for bait fishing. Focus on the areas along the shoreline and around the edges of weed beds. Literally right up against the rocks. If your bobber is more than 5 ft from the shore or a protruding rock or weed bed, chances are the water is too deep there for float fishing. The depth for each spot can vary quite a bit. Fish can be found from 18 inches down to max depth depending on spot, species, and time of day.

As a general rule, panfish are 18-30", bass are 24-60", and trout are 36-72". Although I have caught adult browns at 24" on a redworm, and sunfish down to 72" so be ready for anything and don't be afraid to experiment.

During the middle of the day, the trout seem to move to deeper water and lures work much better. You can still get bites in the same spots floating, but the bites are slower and your catch rate will go way down.

All standard trout and panfish baits work here. If you use baits like nightcrawlers, redworms, crickets, and grasshoppers that catch every species in the lake, your overall catch rate will go up. Surprisingly large fish will bite on all of these baits. Small minnows work awesome here, but you'll catch alot of smaller fish, and end up losing money on them.

#1 hooks seem to work just fine for everything up to trophy cutts and rainbows, and small browns. If you want to focus exclusively on large trout and smallmouths, use shiners, shrimp, and dragonflies and 3/0 hooks to keep at least some of the juvenile fish off your line. If you're just worried about making $$$, then redworms and crickets on #1 hooks are hard to beat.

There is at least one uni catchable with bait during peak hours, but it's out in an area of open water and nearly impossible to expain where it is unless you're standing at that peg. If you find your lure getting snagged consistently in a certain spot, try bait fishing it because it's probably shallower than the rest of the open water.

[lightning1961]

Originally posted by jazebiker:

Originally posted by JR1976Nl:

Hi guys

Somehow i Just not good in spin/lure/crank fishing....
I Get way more fish with Just float fishing

Are there Some nice tips(guides)for floatfishing in oregon?To get the biggie's?

Thanks

Floating around the edges is a great way to help fill the net in Oregon. I usually float fish exclusively from 5-7 am and 7-9 pm, and often get 50 lbs or more of fish that way. Nearly every nook and cranny along the shoreline holds at least one species of fish during those hours. Some of these little crannies hold every species in the lake.

You will have to move around some. Once you've caught 1-2 fish in one little nook, cast somewhere else. Once you've worked all the available shoreline from a certain peg, move to the next peg and start over. Tea bagging the same hole over and over will net fewer fish, and prevent you from learning the water.

I find the pegs from the bridge all the way around to the waterfall are the most productive for bait fishing. Focus on the areas along the shoreline and around the edges of weed beds. Literally right up against the rocks. If your bobber is more than 5 ft from the shore or a protruding rock or weed bed, chances are the water is too deep there for float fishing. The depth for each spot can vary quite a bit. Fish can be found from 18 inches down to max depth depending on spot, species, and time of day.

As a general rule, panfish are 18-30", bass are 24-60", and trout are 36-72". Although I have caught adult browns at 24" on a redworm, and sunfish down to 72" so be ready for anything and don't be afraid to experiment.

During the middle of the day, the trout seem to move to deeper water and lures work much better. You can still get bites in the same spots floating, but the bites are slower and your catch rate will go way down.

All standard trout and panfish baits work here. If you use baits like nightcrawlers, redworms, crickets, and grasshoppers that catch every species in the lake, your overall catch rate will go up. Surprisingly large fish will bite on all of these baits. Small minnows work awesome here, but you'll catch alot of smaller fish, and end up losing money on them.

#1 hooks seem to work just fine for everything up to trophy cutts and rainbows, and small browns. If you want to focus exclusively on large trout and smallmouths, use shiners, shrimp, and dragonflies and 3/0 hooks to keep at least some of the juvenile fish off your line. If you're just worried about making $$$, then redworms and crickets on #1 hooks are hard to beat.

There is at least one uni catchable with bait during peak hours, but it's out in an area of open water and nearly impossible to expain where it is unless you're standing at that peg. If you find your lure getting snagged consistently in a certain spot, try bait fishing it because it's probably shallower than the rest of the open water.

good advice!

[JR1976Nl]

Big thanks

[Juiced2010]

Don't mean to dredge up an old thread but searching for info on google brings it back up. If you're not heavy into lures, there is another way to go after fish in Oregon. I took 2 bottom fishing poles with me on a trip, loaded them up with eggs, and fished from the nook to the north of the kayac launch. 180 foot out, start aiming at the rock shaped like a psychiatrists bed to the right of the waterfall and basically aim at every different rock in a fan shaped pattern then return to the original rock and start over.

It doesn't give you access to uniques, but I've caught about 40 trophy (between trouts) and enough others to almost fill a 330lb keepnet and more then make up for the trip costs. Tips for doing so is use line less then 20lbs on your bottom rods (I used 10lb,) I use an empty feeder for weight (why waste it,) and hooks from #4-1/0 on a full size (78") leader. The larger the hook, the less bites you get but the bigger the possibility of larger fish. Using a #4 is good all around. On a sunny/partly cloudy day, I couldn't get any bites on a 25", 50" or 70" leader (may be just RNG,) but I couldn't keep two bottom feeders in the water at the same time due to getting hits while casting out second rod or having 2 fish on at the same time on 78" leaders. Only lost my bait 4 times, out of all those fish as there was an unknown one that would strike at the waterfall, drive straight back at me, then lose the hook like it was never even there. After losing the bait 4 times on the same area, I didn't aim directly towards the waterfall but to the left and right of it.