From: terryt@tekig5.pen.tek.com (Terry A Turner)
Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.fishing
Subject: Clackamas River (Oregon) Trip Report
Date: 5 Oct 92 17:19:36 GMT
Article-I.D.: tekig7.7179
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.



	I took 2 of my required days off last Thursday/Friday and had some 
	great success for summer steelhead and fall coho.  Report follows:

	Thursday, 10-1-92

	Sent my wife to work and dropped the kids off at school and made a 
	beeline to the upper Clackamas River after the required stop at Larry's
	sporting goods for some new line.  I lost 2 steelhead with 6 lb line on
	my last trip so I moved up to 8 lb. Ande.  The weather was cloudy with
	a threat of coming rain so I expected to be using darker colored jigs
	but when I got to the upper river (about 45 min drive) it was still
	sunny and clear so I loaded up with a red/pink Bradbury jig and
	started casting in myfavorite stretch of water.  Had one take down after
	about 10 minutes fishing but I was slow on the draw and missed him.  
	Worked the river upstream and connected with another.  Unlike the 
	fish I hooked in July, this fish was rather sluggish but put up a good
	fight.  I was able to keep him under control in the unobstructed part
	of the river and slid him up on the bank just as the hook came out. 
	The fish was a beauty, a 10 lb hen which I kept when I saw the missing
	adipose fin.  Steelhead for dinner and the rest in the smoker.  The
	fish was excellent quality.   If I catch any more steelhead this year
	I will probably not keep them, hatchery or not.  This will be tempered
	by water temp. and exhaustion, etc.  The water before the rain was very
	low, clear and warm so the fish do not handle extended fights well.
	We had a good rain on Friday so the water should be cooling off to the
	benefit of the fish.

	10-4-92, Lower Clackamas river

	After I finished my job list at home I stole off to the lower Clack
	for a "couple hours" about 5:00 on Sunday.  I live about 2 minutes 
	from the lower Clack and with the big rain on Friday, I guessed there
	may be some fresh coho in the lower river.  I was working the tailout
	of my favorite hole with the same bobber and jig from Thursday and
	a small silver hit the jig on the end of the swing downstream from me.
	After an exciting 10 minutes with the fish on, he was also on the bank
	and headed for the smoker.  A typical Clackamas hatchery coho of about
	6 lbs, also missing the adipose fin.  I will keep any more hatchery 
	coho I happen to catch.  This was a bright fish in prime condition.
	Some drift boats passed through the hole after I landed my fish which
	hastened my departure.  I was home in less than an hour with my second
	fish in a sum total of 4 hour's fishing time.  

	This time of year is wonderful on the Clackamas.  Lots of summer s
	steelhead in the upper river with few anglers, fall coho in the lower
	river, but more people.  The pressure for coho has dropped considerably
	in the last few weeks.  The highest concentration of fish are now
	near Eagle Creek on the way to the hatchery, but there are still fish
	in the lower river, and the larger native coho (C&R only) will be
	arriving soon.

	More later.

	Terry 


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Terry Turner		   If people paid more attention to the really
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