North Oregon Coast Fishing Blog/Report

Pautzke's for Springers

2010-03-09T10:24:00.000-08:00

Good Morning Just a few notes of Pautzke's and Springer's for the Northwest.

Colored Herring or Anchovies

We have been having great success over the past 10-12 years with this process. No doubt the color is amazing and without the issues of other bait companies dye. But the part many people miss when using anything other then Pautzke's is the Scent. Eggs/Krill is the scent. True mothers milk and major ocean food combined.

Now we all know that when fishing is hot and the bite is hot it makes not much difference. But on those days when the fish are tight lipped being hammered with hundreds of silver, herring/anchovy smelling baits laced with the norm in secret scents, ha,. That is when this process makes the difference.

The same goes for curing your Sardine or herring fillets for wrapping your Flat-Fish, Quick-Fish or Sting-Fish. Would also be awesome for Brad's new Super bait Cut Plug.

The following

Borax-O-Fire Herring/Anchovies Brine

In a half gallon container

1cup of Pautzke's Fire Cure (sulphate) or Pautzke's Borax-O-Fire Natural

3/4 Cup Rock Salt

This is the base Brine

Then to get color add two bottles of Pautzke's Red, Blue, Yellow or Orange Nectar

This Brine will last week to ten days with adding small amounts of above as needed.

For Curing Sardine or Herring fillets for your Wraps

1/2 Cup of Pautzke's Fire Cure Pink, Red or Orange

1/2 Cup of non-ionized salt

20-26 fillets

sprinkle on lightly and put in gallon zip lock bag will fish great for three days if it lasts that long.

If you want the Chartreuse color then use the Natural Fire-Cure and a bottle of yellow Nectar.

So from trolling to anchored Pautzke's has you covered for 2010 springer season.

Hey for those who are in the Market for a new Drift Boat better set up a test drift with Paviti Marine in Medford. They have the most advanced thoughts in the market in 20 plus years, doors, floors, and new structural design it is going to have an impact for years to come. They will make you a truly CUSTOM boat.

In the Glass boat area checkout Rivtech they also have NEW processes which make the boat Rigid and yet light weight and quiet.

Tight Lines See you on the water and make sure you take a kid fishing.

Sturgeon Video

2010-02-14T11:33:00.000-08:00

Jon's Seafood Market 2010

2010-02-14T11:13:00.000-08:00

We have decided to not reopen Jon's Seafood market this year to just focus on the Guide and Charter Services. In addition we are excited to start a few new projects workig with Kids to get more anglers in the younger generations "hooked on fishing" which is very important to our belove sport.

The 2010 line up looks strong for us and we encourage you to check your calendars for dates you want to come fishing this year. We are doing the Show system right now and we are booking at a better pace then last season.

We are excited about our continued relationship with Pautzke's bait Co.. In the next issues of STS and Northwest Sportsman's we will have information on the hot Pautzke's Nectar lineup for adding color and EGG scent trial to your prawns, herring and ancovies. Will help increase bites on those tough days.

New Drift Boats; New ideas hitting the drift boat market both in the metal and glass markets. Pavati has come up with some great new ideas from the access doors, new Pat. Pending adjustable floor to heated Seats and the list goes on. check them out at pavatimarine.com

Rivtech has made the first that I have seen glass boat with a stiff-rigged floor! Injected resin not hand laid. The boat is tight and right another new excellant product for the new season. rivtechdriftboats.com

We are alos working on a series of youth fishing clinics and summer fishing camps so stay tuned for more on this exciting project.

Jon's Seafood Market & Smoke house

2009-08-14T15:05:00.001-07:00

We are processing, shipping, packing and custom smoking salmon caught at Buoy 10!! Call for help or information.

503-861-6070

Hot Salmon Fishing at Buoy 10

2009-08-14T14:56:00.000-07:00

If your looking for great Chinook and Silver salmon fishing get to the lower Columbia and Astoria asap. The fishing will continue for another four weeks.

Today we started fishing the last of the incoming tide and hit five fish in the first hour. Two chinooks and three silvers. The hot action continued until we had six nooks and six silvers andto the dock by 10:30am. Cleaned the fish boat and headed back out with three other folks and had six more by 1:45!!

We caught fish on bait and spinners and plugs and well alot of things. items to have in your boat if your fishing without a guide.

Great cured bait. We like Blue & Chartuese colored herring by using pautzke's Nectars and kokenee fuel.

Vibrax spinners, fatal flash spinners and coyote spoons. Brad's Super Baits all coated with Pautzke's Gel Krill with some added Fire Krill for an extra hot scent trail.

Call for available seats we are fishing 2-3x a day and can find space for some AWESOME salmon fishing!!!!

Strugeon Continues, Salmon on the Ocean underway this Sunday

2009-06-24T14:56:00.001-07:00

Hey what a few weeks with Keeper Sturgeon season out of Astoria. While the fishing has been slow in the total number fish caught per day the numbers of KEEPERS has been just fine. We are starting to see more "shorts this week" coming from up river and the bait is arriving late but arriving which means the FAT Sturgeon are right under them.

We have seen several fish close to 55 pounds this week in the Shop.

We believe that the state might extend the season a few days in July. If this happens or you just want a hot day of fishing for your friends or family July is the time to Sturgeon fish the Astoria area as it is flat great. So keep informed!!

Ocean Salmon gets underway this Sunday and we will as normal get off to a fair start for the coho but the size will be small as normal. After about the 15th of July these fish start putting on wieght fast and we expect solid Silver fishing the rest of the ocean season with the largest qouta we have seen in years.

Call anytine for fishing reports, booking information and real time conditions.

Thight Lines

Val Perry

Catching more Sturgeon

2009-05-29T13:19:00.000-07:00

When fishing the lower Columbia for Sturgeon during the months of June & July fishing many days well is just plain easy. No doubt there are plenty of people who do catch alot of fish each and every day. Everyone else does well but just not Slammin the Sturgeon daily like a few boats.

Let's give you a few tips today:

Bait:

Always use preimium bait and use the right bait in the right area. Sandshrimp awesome as everyone knows fish in shallow to mid shallow water. Avoid areas with alot of bullhead and other trash fish.

Anchovies fresh caught the same 24 hours is key keep cold.

Smelt from the columbia river always great.

Squid great with trash fish around and deeper water.

We use alot of fish sauce (in asian food section Safeway) Pautzke's Nectars, Fire Krill and Fire Cure to add to baits when the bite is alittle off or fishing in an area with alot of anglers you want a hot scent working to draw fish to your boat.

Water movement: always look for water movement on either incoming or outgoing where you can fish 3-10 oz of water. This is the ideal that is why you will see a boat who is slamming the fish pick up and move while the bite is still on because they know in a few minutes the bite will move based upon the current changing. Once it slows way down yo should have already moved out and down.

Fish will move with the current feeding the whole way. Also find channels even small ones entering the sand flats to catch fish as the enter and exit the flats at the beginning of water coming up and the end of the water going out. This is a time where large numbers of fish will use these channels to move and you can have some great success. once the tide is moving and the fish spread out on the flat these fish can be anywhere but I like areas where the current pushes them up against real shallow water. they will hold up stack up until the tide gets high enough for them to push on over the real shallow area.

Find areas where they get trapped for a hour and hook as many as you can in a small time frame.

Watch everyone fro the boats who are slamming them and those who are not.

Do not use a Short leader i like 36-48 my self 3/0 gamakatsu 65lb braid by suffix and my reel of choice is Fin-Nor great line capacity and baby butt smooth drags. Quantum 9' rods 15-50.

Call anytime for current conditions, boat availablility and trends.

Thight Lines take a Kid fishing Today!

Val

Sturgeon are Here

2009-05-29T11:20:00.000-07:00

May 28th, 2009 yesterday was the best overall bit for Sturgeon on the lower Columbia River!! We see fish moving from the transition water into the flats, groves and holding water looking for food these fish have just come out of winter slow bite and are feeding hard the last 72 hours.

Fishing through out the lower river is producing today and we had ours by 8:30.

Freesh Anchovies, Shrimp are the go to baits with everyones secret cure bait working as well. We have been curing Squid in Pautzke's Fire Krill and nectar and have seen very agressive bites this week.

Call for updates fishing reports and conditions anytime. We also have a few seats available for those looking to get fresh sturgeon for the year and to also learn the area to fish later in their own boat.

We are fishing Quantum 9' 15-50 rods witn Fin-Nor reels awesome reels, loaded with 65lb sufix. Great fun something for every aged angler and a great family trip.

Tight lines

Val Perry

fishingwithval@msn.com

www.fishingwithval.com

866-738-6991

2009 Fishing Forecast

2009-03-26T07:32:00.002-07:00

Fishing 2009 on Oregon's north Coast

Well in a few words it is going to be the best in ten years! now fishing is still fishing but no question the salmon runs for the Columbia are up for Spring and Fall Chinooks and the Coho Numbers are some of the best this decade.

Ocean salmon fishing will be good based upon ocean conditions and coho numbers with some access to Chinooks later in the summer. Fall Tillamook and Nehalem Bay news is better then last year again with average Chinook Numbers and very Good Coho Numbers.

Sturgeon Season begins May 9th and continues until June 28th or until the qouta is reached. Catch & Release sturgeon fishing which is the best in North America in July and August.

Columbia Seasons not to miss.

Springers. three days a week until April 18th

Sturgeon seven days a week May 9th - June 28th
Catch & Release July-August

Buoy 10 August-September

Ocean Salmon season not yet set but plan on July-August five days a week

Nehalem & Tillamook Bays Late September/October

Crabbing October/November

Always reach us for fishing reports, tech tips or to book fishing trips or lessons call toll free 800-738-6991 email val@fishingwithval.com www.fishingwithval.com

Fall Chinooks, Dungeness Crab and Smoked Fish

2007-09-24T07:39:00.000-07:00

Wow,

What a six week span. Fishing and Crabbing on the Columbia and Starting the new venture Jon's Seafood Market! Coming soon will be the website for Jon's Market which will allow you to purchase Seafood like Salmon, Sturgeon, Halibut, Tuna and DungenessCrab and have it shipped directly to you. We also are a smoke house and can send out smoked fish or smoke your personal catch.

But Fishing is what we are here to talk about. We are now making the move South for Salmon. Large Fall Chinooks can be had on both the Tillamook and Nehalem bays this next six weeks. We are running trips on both systems and have three boats available.

Trolling Spinners, Herring, Stingfish with E-Chips, bobbers/eggs cured with Pautzke's Fire Cure are just a few ways we will get those Fall Chinooks to the boat.

We will also be posting some Bait cure information in the next few days along with some how too's.

We also want to let you know about our new services for Crabbing on the Columbia River now thru December! $99.00 a person for 4-5 hours of Crabbing with pots and rings. Price includes cooking of your limit a Jon's Seafood Market & Smoke House. All you need is your Shellfish License!

If you have a group or family and want the boat to yourself the Prices is $499 a saving of close to $100.00.

We look forward to helping you have a great outing for Dungeness Crab and Fall Chinooks.
Call us today to make a reservation.

Val Perry

866-738-6991

Jon's Seafood Market
503-861-6070

Silver Salmon Slamming of the Columbia

2007-07-30T07:12:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone!

Fishing for Silver Salmon went into over drive this last week off the mouth of the Columbia River out of Astoria. We fished five days with six people each trip and limited each day in less then 2 hours! One day it was 45 minutes and the fishing was just "SILLY".

The fish are also very close with the warm ocean waters allowing everyone to be on the fish quickly. I will go with a tech report on the upcoming silver and chinook fishing as soon as I finish this report! But first a few updates on the fishing in the coming weeks and months.

Currently the Silver Salmon fishing as mentioned is hot in the ocean and is open seven days a week. Limit two salmon a day and one can be a Chinook. this season will continue until the quota is caught and may go to five days a week to ensure the season goes thru Labor Day.

Buoy 10 (Columbia River) salmon season for Silvers opens August 1st. While the best easiest fishing will be just off shore we are already seeing Silvers jumping in the river. So on days when the ocean is to rough we will be fishing the Columbia. Our plan of Ocean first and River second will continue until the 2nd or 3rd week of August when we will just be fishing the river.

August 22nd the Columbia (Buoy 10) will open for one Chinook per day per angler. We will be fishing the river and trying to get clients one each when possable. This is the shortest Chinook Season in many years and is scheduled to end on or before September 3rd.

We cannot know for sure but it is a probability that the Silver limit may be increased to three in the river later in August or Early September. Stay tuned for a hot Salmon Fishery out of Astoria for the next six weeks.

Halibut: There is a all depths Halibut season opening August and the dates will be changing daily based upon the Quota's. So call us to check on trip availablility and open dates.

Tuna: This is also a call and check deal as we are booking alot of Tuna trips on days when the weather allows. Rates run from 185-225 depending upon the boat. The fishing has been good and the fish close to the coast.

Tillamook and Nehalem Bay Fall Kings are just around the corner. With the fishing for Silvers Tuna, Halibut and Chinooks on the Ocean and Columbia River it is understandable that people forget about the Fall Chinook Run in the two best bays for Fall Chinook along with all the North Coast Streams. But better check you schedules and reserve your dates as they are filling up fast.

Take a Kid Fishing Today!

Val Perry Perry's Fishing Adventures
www.fishingwithval.com
email: fishingwithval@msn.com
866-738-6991
503-440-5281

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Wow Sturgeon, Salmon Equipment

2007-06-11T06:55:00.000-07:00

Good Morning from Seaside and the North Oregon Coast!!

Fishing for Sturgeon on the lower Columbia River is in full swing. Great numbers of fresh ocean Sturgeon are arriving daily and are providing plenty of bent rods for anglers on both the Oregon and Washington sides of the river.

Currently Sand Shrimp and Fresh Anchovies are the go to baits but in areas where crab and bulhead are a problem we are seeing good results with Squid and Smelt.

Our suggestion for catching is GO FISHING! Hire a guide, charter or team with your fishing buddies and get out there from now until July 4th when the season closes.

Make sure that if your not experienced or do not have a boat that is suitable for the lower Columbias mighty currents and afternoon winds do not play cowboy on this piece of water. Hire someone or just do not go.

Now as with any fishing there has been periods each day when the bite goes off and the bite slooooows down. We move on a regular basis to first find fish and then once found if they are not biting make sure you try a good Sturgeon Scent. Pautzke's Gel and Liquid Krill is a great place to Start!!

Equipment we use for Sturgeon on the Lower Columbia River.

Quantum Rods and Reels. The Cold Water 9' 15-50 matched with the Blue Runner line counter are a great combo. We like at least 350+ line capacity as when fishing the shallow water these fish can make some huge runs looking for the safety of deep water.

Sufix 50lb Gold Braid is our main line and we load about 200 yards backed by another 150 years of Dacron. Then Sufix 80 pound leader with a 4/0 Gamakatsu Barbless does the trick. We suggest the smooth small Sufix (the only round braided line avaialble) for leader because when fishing shrimp it does not make a huge hole when fishing it.

Pautzke's Gel and Liquid Krill is a big part of our fishing operation. We first take the Gel Krill and add Anise oil to regularly rub into our hands for covering scent. We then also take the Gel and coat our leaders and several feet of the braided line regularly to add additional scent in to the water. The Liquid Krill is added with FISH SAUCE and sprayed onto most baits again for additional scent. So Pautzke's is something you do not leave the dock without!! Hey Pautzke's; Don't Leave the Dock Without It!!

Last but not least we have been using Pro Troll's E-Chip on three of our lines and three without to test the effectivness. We are into the first two weeks of this test and will continue until the end of the season. While fishing has been good we are seeing two trends. we are catching about 2-1 on the E-Chip rods and we are getting harder more agressive bites. While we still need more time to play with the test we already know that adding E-Chips to your leaders or main line cannot hurt and for me no doubt will help. Go to your favorite Tackle outlet and ask them if they have or if they will order you E-Chips from Pro-Troll!!

Ocean Salmon is opening July 1st!!

We will give you reports once we start fishing the ocean for Salmon and it is expected to be a good Coho season, but we want to mention the new exciting equipment and tackle we are planning to use in the ocean this season.

Quantum Rods & Reels again lead the way with us using the 9' 15-50 for trolling divers (best all around rod for the Northwest) the same in 12-25 for down riggers. The new Quantum Line counter reels along with the Blue Runner Line Counters.

Pautzke's ( don't leave the dock without it) Natural Fire Cure and Yellow Nectar along with Gel and Liquid Krill.

Sufix 30 pound Siege in smoke green Sufix 40lb Flourocarbon leaders.

Pro-Troll: Sting kings with E-Chip and Pro Troll Rotory Bait Holders with E-Chips!

Humminbird: New Sonar GPS unit will be installed and we are very excited about this new piece of equipment to our boats!

Dee's Diamond Flashers: We are very excited to know be using Only these flashers in our boats. These flashers are tough, have great flash and are equiped with Stainless, Ball Bearing swivels! It is great not to have to buy a flasher and then have to change the hardwear before you fish it.

Well remember we are now booking Summer Ocean Salmon, Catch & Release Sturgeon (awesome fishing) and Buoy 10 Salmon.

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Sturgeon Check List for Esturary

2007-05-11T08:16:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow Morning we will be having Breakfast at Herb's in Seaside and feeling the anticipation or another Keeper Season for Sturgeon on the Lower Columbia. For all or you who will be joingin us this next few days understand the tides will be coming in in the am for several days. We will see fish both above and below the ASStoria Bridge.

Do not forget:

Quality bait: Bud's in Gearhart and Tackle time in Warrenton

PFD's Inflatables by Stearns and mustag are great

Stern Anchor, Sea Anchors and extra rope.

Remember this year the size limit for one fish is 45" - 60"

Never hesitate to call me on the water for fishing report 503-440-5281!!

Gators here we come!!

Products Used: Quantum Rods & Reels, team Joe's, Sufix Fishing Lines, Gamakatsu, Pautzke's , Clackacraft, Dee's Diamond Flashers.

May Fishing

2007-05-04T14:09:00.000-07:00

May brings a true beginning to our main fishing seasons. Many options for Salmon, Sturgeon, and Halibut. Fishing Oregon and Alaska. Going non stop until the rains in the fall give us our next Break/Vacation which is normally spent watching Ashley run in the State x-country meet and getting the drift boat ready as the rivers fall into shape.

For now I'll give you an update on the month of May and June.

Spring Salmon: We will have two opportunities for Springers here on the coast. First as the month progresses we will see more and more Springers move into the Tillamook Bay system. These fish can be larger then the ones we see on the Columbia and they provide on the right days great action.

Springers on the lower Columbia are expected to reopen May 16th. I doubt an earlier opening by the state is in the works. While most understand the main run is past we all know there are alot of great salmon coming by in may and can provide good fishing.

Sturgeon: We are getting jazzed for the opener May 12th. From then until July 4th the season will be open for keepers 45" - 60". Fishing reports and trips we have taken for Catch & Release so far show good numbers of fish in the area. We expect fishing to be good with most days producing limits.

We just completed two clinics and Joe's in Beaverton that were a success and also just recieved our copy of the May 10th Hunting and Fishing News with Jon my son on the cover with a client and some great 60" Sturgeon. We also have alot of things information in that article so check it out.

We will be fishing two trips a day beginning Memorial Day. With our past clients rebooking, new business from the many clinics we are doing and the article's/radio reports we are busy. We do have some room and also book two other solid area guides. Call us or email us with the number in your group and dates that might work for you. Gotta get in on this fishery.

Tight Lines

Val Perry

Perry's Fishing Adventures

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email: fishingwithval@msn.com

866-738-6991

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Alaska Kings and Halibut in July Call me for dates left and current discounts.

Just a couple of Fishing items

2007-04-19T06:49:00.000-07:00

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

2007-04-16T17:39:00.000-07:00

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
Perry's Fishing Adventures
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fishingwithval@msn.com
866-738-6991
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Columbia River Sturgeon, Tillamook Springers and Bottom Fishing

2007-04-16T17:15:00.001-07:00

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

2007-04-16T17:15:00.000-07:00

Springers Continue

2007-04-10T13:50:00.000-07:00

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
www.fishingwithval.com
fishingwithval@msn.com
866-738-6991

Spring Steelhead on the Nehalem

2007-03-30T08:41:00.000-07:00

March 28th was scheduled to be a day of Spring Salmon fishing on the Lower Columbia with Rick and his son Tommy from Kalmath Falls. With the Columbia colored from recent rains we discussed the fact that Steelhead were available on the Main Nehalem from the beaver Slide ( crash boom bang) to the cement plant.

With the weather forecasted to be awesome we decided to go for it. Herb's Biscuits and Gravy, hot coffee and a meeting in the Safeway parking lot then off to the river. Once I could see the river it was a little high but falling fast. The color was a deep greey green. No wind and no fog. The temp was cool not cold.

We were joined by my son Jon who is 14 and a great fishermen at his age. We started out fishing a spot where we have had great success so I floated striaght there. We had Divers and Sand Shrimp out and it did not take long for a nice 13 pound female to come to the net for photo's and release. Tommy landed that once and it was a start to a great day!

Over the coarse of the day we hooked nine wild Steelhead and landed seven. Size was from 7lbs to 14 lbs. We also lost a HOG that jumped several times finally breaking the leader! Fsihing was great the catching awesome.

I great day on the Nehalem and a great day with good people!

Hopefully will edit soon with pics once my daughter downloads from Virizon!

More later!

Val Perry

Perry's Fishing Adventures
www.fishingwithval.com
fishingwithval@msn.com
866-738-6991

Special Note we are doing a Lower Columbia Sturgeon Clinic May 1-2 at Joe's in Beaverton from 6:30 - questions stop!

Now booking
Lower Columbia Sturgeon May 12 - July 4th
Alaska Halibut and trophy Kings in Cook Inlet www.trophyking.com
Buoy to Silver/Chinooks
Fall Nehalem & Tillamook Bay Chinooks

Spring Salmon, Keeper Sturgeon and Alaska

2007-03-28T09:37:00.000-07:00

First off we have to apologize for the long period between posts! We had some kind of a virus for a week or so and then could not regain access to the Blogg. Being a fisherman not a member of the geek squad I was unable to fix a simple little setting until geek member showed me and made fun of me. Bet she can't fillet a Sturgeon! Ha!

Okay I feel better, it is late March and we are crazy with reservations, fishing for Steelhead and Springers and getting ready for both the Keeper Sturgeon on the lower Columbia and our trip to the Cook Inlet and Trophy King Lodge ( www.trophyking.com ) in July for Kings up to 80lbs and Halibut Barn Doors.

Steelhead fishing is spotty but the quality of fish is very good. we landed three on the Main Nehalem this week on glo bugs soaked in Pautzke's Nectar and was rewarded with two fish in the 16 pound area and another about 10. We also fished the Necanicum this week one day and landed four downers and one chrome 12 pound wild hen!! Bobbers and First Bite Jigs! Pink & Pink/white.

We also fished last week a few days and also two so far this week for Springer's on the Lower Columbia. We fished from Jim Crow to Pudget Island and only landed three fish. We also fought a Stellar Lion and lost a great plug with a chrome Chinook in his mouth. But over all the fishing was SLOW!! The water needs to clear up and as soon as that happens be ready for some good action before they close it in Mid April!

Once the Springer's Close on the Columbia we will then focus on Lower River Sturgeon and Willy Springer's. We have a few spots available from April 16 - May 10th. On May 12th we begin daily trips for Keeper Sturgeon on the Lower River. During this time we will be running two trips a day. Morning trips will be 8-9 hours or until we limit and the evening trips 4-5 hours. Make sure you get your dates as this is a crazy busy time!

Our last trip for my boat will be june 25th that is when we fly to Cook Inlet and Torphy King Lodge for five weeks of Halibut and King Salmon trips. In additin we will hit the Kenai, Kasilof and some flyout trout, cockeye and bear viewing days as well. THis is a first class lodge with meals, beverages, private rooms & baths. The boats are all custom 24' and all of the guiding team knows how to get you into some great fish. The Lodge King record is 84 pounds and the Halibut a huge 350 pounds. We are also going to be exploring Salmon sharks!

I want to thanks our partners as I do not get to very often. Team Joe's, Gamakatsu, Quantum, Pautzke's, Sufix, Hunting & Fishing News, Bud's Camp Ground, Sturgeon Paul's, Trendwest, Hallmark Inns, Holiday inn Express of Seaside and Astoria, Clackacraft Drift Boats, North River Boats, Yakama Bait Company ( Fatso's, Flatfish & SPinners ) & Brad's Wobblers and Wiggler's .

For my customers do not forget to get Joe's Discount coupons from me before shopping!!

Winter Steelhead Season

2006-12-13T12:57:00.000-08:00

Well we have just started seeing Winter Steelhea enter the North Oregon Coastal Streams. Mid December is a good kickoff for the Winter Run of Steelhead on all Streams on the North Coast.

The runs are divided into three sections/terms. First Large numbers of hatchery fish averaging 5-9 pounds will enter from Now (mid-December) and continue to Mid-January. These fish are the keepers that are marked by fin clipping. They will provide great action and table far and can be caught in many ways from both the bank and from Drift boats.

All mehtods for catching the hatchery run are based upon water conditions and all methods and baits are excepted. My favorite is to drift fish small pieces of bait (eggs-Pautzke cured, snad shrimp and night crawlers to mention a few) through holding water and staging areas at the head and tailout of riffles.

You can also get these fish to strick out of anger fishing moving water and areas where they feel cornered with plugs, spinners and spoons. During low clear water Bobbers, jigs and Bobbers and bait are very effective because you can present a bait to them without first scaring them by a casted lead, boat position or wading to close to them. Remeber to float your offereing into them or at least where you think they are holding. After a succesful hook-up drink some coffee, rerig and give the fish an opportunity to seattle down.

During the middle part of the run (mid-January - February) you will see a decrease in Fresh hatchery fish. There will be a few early native/wild fish showing and they will be larger. There will be a large number of Spawned Steelhead moving back down river and they are very hungry!! This time frame is when you can if the conditions are right have 10 plus fish days with an occasional 20 fish day.

The Same methods are used all based upon water conditions. During this time is where we suggest taking a few spawned Steelhead males if still bright and in good condition for the smoker!

Native period of the winter run (late February-April) While not the time for the most action it is the time to catch the really big fish. We see Steelhead every winter over the 20 range. These runs are depressed and in most cases have not returned to previous years levels as of yet.

As a Professional Guide and a lover of Wild Steelhead I suggest changing your tactics during this time frame. First we all know that no Wild Steelhead can be retained on most Oregon Streams with a few exceptions in Southern Oregon. So with that in mind we encourage all Steelhead anglers to no longer use bait( eggs, Sand Shrimp, Worms, tuna balls etc.) to entice these winter fish. They are to importnat to lose even one during their spawning run.

Nothing is more frustrating then to see a native Steelhead bleeding after swallowing deep a bait of eggs side drifted or from a snad shrimp/eggs fished behind a diver. While all of these methods and baits are currently legal and effective, I encourage you to use many other methods and offerings to hook and land your great winter Steelhead, take their picture and measurements and return them savely to Spawn and hopefully make a return engagement as a twenty+ pound freight train.

Corkies,Jigs, yarn, rags, spinners, plugs, flyies, spin-glos, birdies, spoons are all effective and will catch fish. There are a great number of scents that will also help bring fish to your offering. Pautzke's Nectats along with Fire Cure mixed with water make great scents to put on your choosen artifical bait. Remember your helping a kid twenty years from now catch a big winter Steelhead.

News from the boat world. Perry's Fishing Adventures is excited and Pround to announce the soon to be delivered Clackamax to our inventory of fishing machine's. This new Bid, Safe and effective drift boat will bring many advantages to our trips.

The Fear no Rock Fiberglass boat will allow us to fish 3-4 anglers for Salmon and Steelhead without crowding or limiting the methods we can use. It Will allow us for example to have three to four anglers plus the guide to side drift, drift fish or pull plugs in any type of Steelhead holding water. It will allow us to carry equipment and passangers for winter fly fishing adventures like never before.

The boat is tough yet lighter then other "River Barges". Is not doubt warmer and quiter. It is much easier to row and slides over rocks in the shalloest of slots so you do not have to get out and push as much during low water conditions.

We will bring you more information and field test reports for this new piece of equipment. The Clackamax is just another great Salmon, Steelhead and Trout drift boat fishing machine from Clackacraft!

Make sure you visit our web site to book your 2007 Salmon, Steelhead and Sturgeon fishing trips. 2006 was a very busy year for us and we look forward to a great 2007 making your fishing adventures and dreams come true. With our becomeing member of team GI Joe's, partnerships with several travel agents and lodging facilities we are growing daily. Make sure if you have specific times for your fishing trips this year to book early.

Special Thanks to Team GI Joe's for asking us to join them in 2006. All of our guests will recieve discount coupons from GI Joe's good at all Joe's throughout the Northwest when they take a trip with us in 2007. In addition if you want to buy a gift Certificate for the holidays, special occasion, retirement or birthday. Just go into ANY JOE'S and purchase a Team Joe's Trip Certificate in any dollar amount and we take it just like cash.

Quantum again has been great to use bring continued quality fishing equipment to use for our guests to use. Without a doubt they have the best equipment for the money for serious Salmon, Steelhead and Sturgeon fishermen. They also have a great selection of offshore equipment for Halibut and Tuna. The Coldwater rods have preformed awesome as well as the Bluerunner reels and Cabo reels. If your a beginner or avid angler in the North West you will not be sorry when using Quantum's Performance Tuned products.

Pautzke's Fire Cure, Nectatr and Gel/liquid Krill are staples of our business. We use it in all of our fishery's. We also soak down an old sock with it and put in our crab pots. From Salmon to trout. Sturgeon to Steelhead Pautzke's can and will make the difference on those tough bite days on the water! Thanks again for everything your company has done bringing great products to us.

We also want to mention these other fine products we used this past year. Flat-fish, fatso's, Spinners and all the products from Yakama Bait Company and Wordon's Lures. P-Line, Ande Line and Berkley Lines along with Calcutta leader material. Gamakasu hooks performed great again. Beckmen nets. North River Boats, Yamaha Motors, Performance Marine for great service. Sturgeon Paul's for fish processing. Brad's line of fishing products wiggles, wobblers and spinners. Coast's LED line of flashlights from the tackle box light to the head lamp I use these tools and love them. My whole family uses these great safety tools.

Tight Lines and never hesitate to call us with questions regarding your fishing, trip information, current conditions and fishing reports.

Take a Kid fishing in 2007

Val Perry
Perry's Fishing Adventures
web site: www.fishingwithval.com
email: fishingwithval@msn.com

866-738-6991
503-440-5281

It is time

2006-11-13T08:48:00.000-08:00

As of this Morning the Necanicum and Kilchis are ready to fish!! Back bouncing your favorite eggs ( Mine are red or pink pautzke's fire cured) with a sandshrimp along the bottum of a north coast stream when all of the sudden a Fall Chinook starts chommping on those eggs. I have to stop I can not any longer handle the excitement.

I have so many leaders tied I should sell some!!

Actuallu I am going to write another note or two tonight but right now I am going fishing!!

All North Coast river will produce fresh Chinooks this week.

Take a Kid Fishing

If you have any questions or need to find a guide in your area email us and we'll help all we can.

Tight Lines

Val Perry
Perry's Fishing Adventures
fishingwithval@msn.com
www.fishingwithval.com
866-738-6991
503-440-5281

Northcoast Salmon Fishing after Floods

2006-11-08T08:14:00.000-08:00

While we all are in awe of the recent flooding on Oregon's North Coast. Tillamook, Nehalem and many low areas recieved major water damage with homes, RV's, boats, equipment, personal belongings, pets and animals all have been lost.

No doubt fishing is the farthest thing for many peoples mind while friends, families and neighbors have such loses.

So before you even think about fishing make sure your neighbors etc. are no longer in need of help. Once you can see your way clear make sure you just do not go and put in your favorite stream without doing some home work.

Many stream now have drasticly changed. Many logs have moved through and we do not know what effects they have made. It is possable on many small streams that you can have blockages.

So float with a few other boats. Take a chain saw for each boat. Make sure you have cell of VHF radios, check the various boat take outs and put ins. make sure someone not on the trip has your float plan. Wear PFD at all times until you complete the drift and know of the dangers.

Do not float with sideways or with oars floating. Slowly read all water and look for major changes that will show themselves once water falls, take photos and lots of notes.

It may seem that it is alot of extra work when you can just go fishing. But I can tell you that everything has changes and with the proper work and study you will not only be able to make the safe floats your looking for but also improve your fishing success and the time it takes to find the holding, staging and moving water for both Salmon and Steelhead.

Val Perry
Perry's Fishing Adventures
fishingwithval@msn.com
www.fishingwithval.com

866-738-6991

November Salmon fishing

2006-10-31T19:43:00.000-08:00

Fishing on Oregon's north Coast was good in October for Large Fall Chinooks! Anglers and guests fishing both the Tillamook Bay and Nehalem Bay/tidewater produced nice chinooks averaging 24-28 pounds with, for PFA a total of six over forty.

This is good as the large males will start coming in with the traditional rise of the rivers. Upper Tillamook bay was the place where Spinners in shallow water and Flatfish on the incoming tide was effective.

Nehalem Bay started as a spinner herring show and as the month moving forward we saw more and more fish caught on Bobbers/bait. Pautzke's Cured bait was awsome for both herring and eggs.

But as this is being posted we have rains in the forecast and expect the rivers to rise over the next week. This means we will be fishing both Tidewater and the upper bays systems as well as launching our drift boats on the Nehalem and Necanicum. We will see good Salmon fishing in both areas for the next five to six weeks.

We have a few dates available along with the crabbing on the Columbia River which will just get better each week.

To book a trip or get information on when and where to fish on your own contact as anytime. We also have good lodging packages available through out the winter.

We are also curretnly booking for three major seasons coming up.

Winter Steelhead on all north coast rivers December- April
Spring Chinook on the Columbia River March - May
Columbia River Sturgeon May-July Very busy season book early.

We are also proud to mention our Pro Staffs
Team GI JOE'S
Team Pautzke's
Team North River
Quantum Pro Staff

Day on the Nehalem with spinners

2006-10-25T07:28:00.000-07:00

While the catching this weekend was not great the fishing was. We did bring in some great chinooks fresh from the ocean. A father and son team from Idaho took home forty plus pounds of fillets. Our Portland State connection lost a good Chinook at the boat and Coach Wally and Jim from ADT each landed perfect salmon.

While we love talking about our trip we want to speak about how we were fishing the spinners. New things we were trying. Spinners properly tied and fished at the right speed have always produced salmon. Fall chinooks are made crazy at times and cannot resist these spininng balls of color. What has always been missing is a good way to add another important eliment. Scent!

Many various sprays and rubs have been used with limited success. Sprays come off in a hurry and gel based applications are good for scent but make blades not bright or sticky. Unless cleaned and stored right they lead to the spinner going bad.

But recently I have been working with a metal scent tube. Various colors, sizes. At first I fished them below the blade by resucing the number of beads. These newly tied spinners caught fish at once. But at the end of each day the inside of the blade was always coated with the Gel and extra time was needed to clean up.

Last Friday evening I tied six with the scent body on top of the blade. Here is what I now had. The body loaded with Pautzke's Gel Krill now spun vs. being fixed. This in the water created more spin/motion, created a turbo noise with the water running thru the holes and made the scent trail largeer and more effective.

The fishing was slower the last three days Sat-Mon. But we had more hits and fish on then most. All of our fish were caught on the scent spinners. I fished three regular and two scent most of the time.

Check out the fish that almost swallowed this spinner!

If you want more information on the Scent Spinners or Pautzke's Gel Krill contact us.

Upcoming more tips on Fall Chinooks in tide water, drift boating and getting preped for Winter Steelhead.

Take A Kid Fishing Today!

Val Perry
Perry's Fishing Adventures
fishingwithval@msn.com
www.fishingwithval.com
866-738-6991
503-440-5281

Rains and Fall Chinooks

2006-10-20T08:00:00.000-07:00

We are seeing good numbers of Fall Chinooks and coho in all coastal tide waters on the North Coast. This morning I have been working on gear for the weekend fishing the Nehalem and the numbers of both Chinooks and silvers rolling behind the house on the Necanicum.

Get your eggs-Shrimp and Sardines ready as we are in full swing for the large Fall Kings. Bobbers with bait are going to be the go to bait this next couples of weeks in all tide water fisheries. Flat fish, Brads Wobblers, Brads Spinners and Fatso's are going to also land quality fish.

The fall is one my favorite times for salmon fishing because it was how I started salmon fishing on the Chetco and Elk rivers many years ago. Something about the leaves turning, rivers rising and Salmon filling the rivers. No doubt deer and elk hunting mixed in make the fall on the Oregon Coast a special place to be.

No doubt it can be windy, rainy and alittle cold. But with the proper gear being comfortable in those awesome fall storms is no issue. Make sure you get out and take advantage of the seasons bounty. Remember success of the day is not how many fish are caught! Those are just bonuses.

Crabbing and clamming for razors is in full swing and we know that we are spoiled in the North West with such bounty. This next week we are having a small seafood fest to make the changing season. A few people will converge on our place and we will have Salmon, Sturgeon, tuna, elk meat, deer meat, razors and crab along with all the side dishes. Well we will just say all of you should organize a same type event rain or shine! Get your BBQ, Smoker etc. fired up and let the North West bounty be honored and consumed!!

Well need to get back to work and be ready for great Fall kings in the morning on the Nehaelm.

Take A Kid Fishing Today!

Val Perry
Perry's Fishing Adventures
fishingwithval@msn.com
www.fishingwithval.com
866-738-6991
503-440-5281

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Seagar Fishing Lines

2006-10-17T06:53:00.000-07:00

Good Morning:

Today's Bolg is about taking kids fishing! Fall is a great time to get kids outdoors fishing, Crabbing and clamming. It is important to ensure they have the proper clothing and equipment and if things are a little slow shorten the day alittle.

Kids love fishing, Clamming and Crabbing so maybe combine these activities when ever you can. Make sure that they are completely involved in the activity. Teach them how to do everything from rigging up, casting baiting etc.

Far to often I see people leaving their kids home on these great outdoor adventures. Make sure you help keep the heritage alive by getting your kids and their friends involved. Make a plan to get them out fitted and involved this fall!

If you need advice or suggestions please contact us and we'll help get them started. In our Guiding business we make discounts available for kids fishing to help make it affordable for family's to get kids started. We work hard yes to catch fish but even harder to involve the kids in the process to ensure they want to get out their on their own with friends and family.

As a member of Team GI Joe's I can say that most all team GI Joe's Guides do a great job getting kids involved.

Guides Note:

Today we are not fishing but a day for Preperations for the coming weeks Fall Chinook Fishing. Bait, Line, Reels, leaders etc. will all be prepared for the opportunity to get fresh fall kings to fifty pounds. This is an exciting time and it is best to get your gear ready.

Guides Choice:

Bait Cure and Bait Products Pautzke's
Rods/Reels Quantum
Hooks Gamakatsu
Lures/Spinners Flatfish, Fatso Wordon's Spinners
Yamaha Motors
North River Boats
Seagar Fishing line's
Team GI Joe's
Folgers Coffee!

Tight lines

Val Perry
Perry's Fishing Adventures
fishingwithval@msn.com
www.fishingwithval.com
866-738-6991

With Fall Chinooks comes salmon eggs

2006-10-16T16:07:00.000-07:00

Once that great fall chinook is landed check to see if it is a female! Now if you do not use eggs, need eggs or have a friend you will make very happy by giving them eggs then let her go to Spawn!!

But if your like me and use eggs daily for Salmon and Steelhead fishing then make sure you treat them with the upmost care. Follow the steps to ensure the best cured roe for your future fishing trips. Now before everyone starts in with their own methods just remember the most important thing! Do not let them go to waste! That is a crime and the fishign gods will not forget.

1. Bleed fish at once and remove eggs from fish into a plastic zip-lock bag.
2. Keep Cool but do not freeze.
3. open scanes and let drain on paper towels or fish rags if your wife let's you. keep in Bait fridge over night.
4. Use Pautzke's Fire Cure in either Pink, Red, Orange or Natural. Follow instructions and put in jars half-gallon my choice. Put back into fridge rotate for two days and fish/catch.

Now I know there are lots of cures but take it from a guy who fish's for a living. There is no better cure for quality and ease of curing out there.

Perry's Fishing Adventures
fishingwithval@msn.com
www.fishingwithval.com
866-738-6991
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Mid- october Rains mark Start of Fall Chinook Fishing

2006-10-16T15:34:00.000-07:00

While we have been fishing for and catching fall Chinooks since the beginning of September on Tillamook and Nehalem bays. This weeks rain has marked the begining of the annual migration for the North Coast Streams.

Nehalem, both North and South Forks, Necanicum and other local steams came up just enough to move early arriving Silvers and Chinooks into the lower reaches of all streams and draw additional numbers into tide water.

Fishing in all atreams will be in full swing from this point forward both bank and boat fishing. Herring, Spinners, Flat Fish, FatSo's, bobbers & eggs/shrimp will all be go to baits.

Remember to not Snag or keep foul hooked salmon. No Wild Coho can be retained and Dark near spawning fish should be released. With that said there will be a large number of Big Bright Fall Chinooks in all locations.

As the season progresses we will keep posting reports and tech tips. Email us or call us for curretn River or fishing reports. fishingwithval@msn.com 866-738-6991 visit the website www.fishingwithval.com member of Team GI Joe.s, Team Pautzke's, Quantum Pro Staff, Huntings and Fishing News report team, Team North River, Gamakatsu Pro Staff