Just a couple of Fishing items

Over the past few weeks I have been fishing a new to me Flasher. Dee's Diamond Flashers, they come in three sizes and all the proper colors. They are also built very well. Quality tape, solid flashers and Stainless ballbearing swivels and snaps.

I was pleased with the flash, spin and weight of these flashers. The added weight compared to most other spin flashers helps from line twist when letting the flasher and bait out to quickly. Now all falshers will twist and foul if let out to fast but it was a point we tested may times and found less issues with the Diamond Flashers.

The color Selection are tradional Northwest and offer what you need in any light and water condition. The only colors that is missing for me is a gold and Blue and I will beg a few of those be added for the future.

You can find these at most retailers and if your favorite store does not have them then I suggest you ask them to get some. Here in the Northwest have them ask their All Sports folks to get them.

Other fishing items again are bait cure. Pautzke's will soon be introducing a borax based egg cure to go along with their Fire Cure which is a high quality cure that I can tell you catches FISH. We are excited to see this new cure in the coming months. Do not forget the Pautzke's egg nectar is a great product for your eggs and for adding color and scent to all your bait. Many of you know I use the green Pautzke's to give my herring, anchovies and Sardine's a great Chartuse color.

Quantum Blue runner Reels are a great reel without killing your ability to put fuel in the boat. As we know everything is getting expensive to just go out fishing. But with the Blue Runner Series of Reels and the Coldwater Series of Rod's I can have several sets without breaking the bank. Now performance is still the key you cannot have a reel sieze up on you just because you wanted to save money.

this reel has a great tough drag system that you do not have to doctor up as you do with the Penn's and Diawa's of the same price point. The line counter reel is my choice when fishing for Chinooks in the salt both in Oregon and Alaska and for Sturgeon on the lower Columbia River.

Sturgeon Leaders are normally tied on an 80lb+ dacron leader. Has always worked and always will. However for you fishermen who use shrimp and anchovies or other fragile baits I suggest you go to Sufix Braid in 65lb+ I use it because it is small, smooth and tough. It make a very small hole in you baits allowing them to stay on better. You lose nothing in strength.

We are also in the process of respooling all our Sturgeon reels' Quantum Blue Runners to Hi Vis Braid from Sufix and High Vis Mono also from Sufix. We are excited to be making this switch as we tested some of the lines in the past. These lines can be found at your local sportings goods outlet and again request what you want if they do not have it.

Sturgeon keeper season open this coming May 12th, we are running two trips Daily begining May 20th. The fishing will continue for keepers until July 4th or until the Quota is reached then we will be booking Catch & Release for two boats in July. Do not miss your keeper or Catch & Release trips this season. We are also doing a Estuary Sturgeon Clinic at the Beaverton Joe's May 1st & 2nd.

What I Use

Today we will answer a few question about What I use for Springers on the Lower Columbia and Tillamook Bay.

Bait:
Whole Herring, Whole Sardine's (small), Herring Heads and Cutplug herring all regular and colored green.

Bait Brine:
My basic Brine is two cups of Rock Salt, One Cup of Pautke's Fire Cure in Natural, two quarters of river water a few drops of Liquid Krill from Pautzke's

For the Glow Green Color of my bait which I always carry two regular and green I just add two bottles of Pautzke's yellow egg nectar. The color is great and does not STAIN EVERYTHING in sight.

Fishing Line:
I have finally switched everything to Sufix. They make a great braid that I think is unmatched. They have very good mono with various stiffness to fit my needs for several methods. Sufix is a line just recently introduced in to the Northwest market and if you do not see it at your favorite Sporting goods dealer ask for it! BTW I still pay for this line and I could use other lines I do not have to pay for. Now I hope to have that change in the future but that is how strongly I feel about the quality.

Rods & Reels:
Quantum is my choice for both Rods and Reels. the quality is very good and priced for all anglers. I have never broke a rod on a fish and actually found them to be very reliable a tough. The main series for the North West is the Cold Water Series where I use the 9' 15-50 pound test. Currently I use the Blue Runner Line Counter for both Salmon and Sturgeon. Good Size, Line Cap. and the Best Stock Drags around. This product is better then the similar priced Penn, Diawa and other reels. Once again I hope to not have to buy these products in the future but I curretnly do becasue again I think they make great sense for any angler and no doubt clients in my boats have loved them. I also have various reels and rods by Quantum and will talk about them at a later time.

Kwik Fish are still part of my box but I see replacements coming in from Flatfish and Pro Troll Etech as they are made well and the new Kwik's will have to show they are not going the way of the Strom Wiggle Wart's when the same company bought that great lure.

Yakama Bait has great spinner blades and Fatso's, Brad's Wobblers and Wigglers are my choice and long with their new hinged bait.

North River is my current Choice for Power boat powered by Yamaha but something may be in the work's!! Clackacraft's Clackamax is just awesome and I cannot say i have ever rowed a better drift boat for non white water.

Gamakatsu Hooks are my choice for all uses.

More Later!

Val Perry
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Columbia River Sturgeon, Tillamook Springers and Bottom Fishing

Now that Springers on the Lower Columbia River has ended we are searching for Sturgeon on the Lower Columbia River and Springers on the Tillamook Bay. This will be a good opportunity to land fair numbers of Sturgeon and Quality Spring Chinook from Tillamook.

The Springers on Tillamook Bay can reach 40 pounds while a large one is normally around 30+. These fish can be caught both in the jaws fishing Herring and Sardine's along with Spinners in the upper bay.

I want to answer a few questions I have been recieving recently about what I use. This will allow me to just refer the questions to this edition of our Blog and be available to anyone. Over the next few weeks we will continue to add blogs with the Heading "What Do I Use" and "What I Like"

We will post reports of the Springers and Sturgeon for the next four weeks fishing. Once May 12th kicks in we will work to update every ten days as things get very crazy fishing daily trips and sometimes twice a day.

Now Booking:

Spring Chinooks
Keeper Sturgeon
Alaska Kings/Halibut
Catch & Release Sturgeon
Fall Chinooks

More later

Val Perry

Columbia River Sturgeon, Tillamook Springers and Bottom Fishing

Now that Springers on the Lower Columbia River has ended we are searching for Sturgeon on the Lower Columbia River and Springers on the Tillamook Bay. This will be a good opportunity to land fair numbers of Sturgeon and Quality Spring Chinook from Tillamook.

The Springers on Tillamook Bay can reach 40 pounds while a large one is normally around 30+. These fish can be caught both in the jaws fishing Herring and Sardine's along with Spinners in the upper bay.

I want to answer a few questions I have been recieving recently about what I use. This will allow me to just refer the questions to this edition of our Blog and be available to anyone. Over the next few weeks we will continue to add blogs with the Heading "What Do I Use" and "What I Like"

We will post reports of the Springers and Sturgeon for the next four weeks fishing. Once May 12th kicks in we will work to update every ten days as things get very crazy fishing daily trips and sometimes twice a day.

Now Booking:

Spring Chinooks
Keeper Sturgeon
Alaska Kings/Halibut
Catch & Release Sturgeon
Fall Chinooks

More later

Val Perry

Springers Continue

Springer's on the lower Columbia River continues until April 15th. Fishing started slow with higher then normal water and cold water temp. However the numbers of fish have increased this last three days and it is expected to be good through the colsing Sunday.

On Thursday the States will have a meeting and consider additional days fishing if the quota is not in danger. Stay tuned!

Starting next week we will be fishing the Columbia for Sturgeon and also Tillamook Bay for Springers until the May 12th Sturgeon opener where we will be going for the Keeper Sturgeon Season daily until it closes in July.

Short blog/report today but we are slammed with trips so hope to catch up more next week.

Tight Lines

Perry's Fishing Adventures
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