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If you fish Oregon coast Rivers, Bays or ocean waters We Want to hear about your trip ! EMAIL US YOU'RE FISHING REPORTS AND PHOTOS ! If you are having problems sending photos with your reports, please try reducing the size of your photos, some internet service providers are enforcing limits on the size of files being passed through via email. Hello and thanks for visiting www.fish-works.com . My name is Scott Todd, I am your host here at Fish-Works and a fishing nut to boot. This is our website, not mine, it only works because of those who work it. If you need some fishing information we hope you will come here to find it, if you have some fishing information we hope you will share it with the next reader. Over time we will develop one of the most comprehensive fishing information websites on the Oregon coast. Add us to your favorites and come visit us often. Visit the Classified Ads for Great Fishing Related Bargains:
Friday, February
22, 2008
4/29/2008 Scott, Hope these photos come through. Just a few nice fish caught this last couple weeks. Steve Turner w/ 21 1/2 lbs (0872), Tim Jones 21 !/2 lbs (0879), Myself with a 23 lbs striper (0880),Richard Chasm w/ 30lbs (0886), Ed Helkenn w/ 27 1/2 lbs (0889),and Jim Dudley w/ 22 1/2 lbs.(0890). Caught a couple other small (12 & 14 lb) fish,but am really having to work for them . The month of May should pick up in numbers if we are going to have a good run. Jack Duncan
Hey Jack, nice looking bunch of fish you and your guest have there. Always nice to see the Stripers, we don't get to many pictures of them each year. I hope your right things continuing to pick up through May and on in to June. Thanks for keeping us in mind and shooting the photos our way.
4/28/2008
Thought I would send
you a report from
the big pond. Left
the dock at 8:30,
started fishing at
about 9:15, found
some fish on the
surface and really
whacked them. Limits
for all. Lings and
blacks. Crabbing was
poor. Done by 11:00.
It was a great day
on the ocean, nice
weather, fishing and
a great crew.
4/25/2008 Hi Scott, Each year my youngest daughter requests a Father/Daughter Spring Fishing trip for her Birthday. We spent 4 days on the Umpqua in our boat last week for this years trip and this is one of the three fish Amanda boated. This fish weighed in at 43.3 pounds according to the official scales and crew at Springer Run. While the fishing was fairly slow and spotty overall we put 4 fish in the boat over the 4 days with two in the 20 pound range and one 9 pounder to go with the big fish. It was another great Birthday trip for us on the river. Brad Hatley
Hi Brad, what a great feeling that must be that your daughter requested a few days fishing with her dad. I have always thought that was the best part of fishing was the time spent with friends and family. The fish we catch are just extra's. That is a beauty your daughter is holding up there. Thanks for sharing your report and your time with your daughter. I hope you two enjoy many more days on the river together over the years ahead.
4/19/2008 Hello Scott, My wife and I made the trip out to the Oregon coast from Butte, Montana to get in on the end of the deepwater lingcod season. I fished March 30th and 31st out of Depoe Bay on the Charter Boat Kimberly Ann with Captain Richard. The first day we fished shallow water for rockfish and lingcod with full limits of both for 6 people. The top fish of the day was the 33” lingcod I caught in 135’ of water. The next day being the last day of the deepwater season I went out with Captain Richard again to fish a deepwater reef at 575 feet deep. We got limits of large lingcod for 4 people with the largest fish being my limit of 2 fish at 20.5 pounds and 22 pounds. The next day we fished out of Brookings on a private boat with my friend John. Even though it was 4/01/08, aka April Fools day, there was no fooling around just fishing! We had nice seas and ran just north of Brookings over some great structure and managed to bring up limits of lingcod for 3 and several nice black seabass and one large Quillback! This was the first time my wife had caught a lingcod and as you can see she was smiling! You have a great site and thank you for your hard work. Sincerely, Jay Helfrich
Hello there Jay, was sure great to get your report. I grew up in eastern Oregon and then moved to Montana (Missoula area) where I lived for about 15 years. I made several treks back to the Oregon coast for some great fishing over those years and finally manage to move out here and live permanently. Thanks for your report and a little promo for the fishing charter is always good. We hope you can make it back out here again. I get a little home sick for Montana now and then, will be up there this summer for some fishing on the Big Hole River, one of my favorite places.
4/19/2008 Hi Scott, My Dad caught this springer today. He is 87 years young and he really is lucky to be in the boat. Hope more fish come his way. I just love him, and I enjoy fishing with him and my great friend Gary Cave. This fish was caught on the Umpqua river. Tracy Williams
Hi There Tracy, goes to show a son is never to old to go out fishing with his dad. How nice that your dad is still around and active enough to get out there and enjoy fishing the Umpqua with you. Hope you guys have a great season this year, and for as many more as life will allow. Thanks for sharing the day with us.
4/16/2008
Hello Scott,
Daniel Billick
Hey Daniel, you did have a great day, I posted the best 4 of 5 of your photos :) to keep things looking nice and neat. That is a great way to end a Steelhead season, I'll say that. This report will have folks drooling and wishing they had gotten out there if they hadn't already. Appreciate you thinking of us here at Fish-Works. Folks like yourself who send in their reports and photos are what make this place fun for others too. Thanks.
4/15/2008 Hi Scott, A few are trickling by. Bryon Smith from Ten Down Lanes in Roseburg and Steve Tilley From Tilley Tree Service in Sutherlin shown here with a 20 pounder caught today near the Osprey boat landing above Tyee. That's three this week, all the same size and Fin Clipped. The Blue Skunk
Hey guys thanks for the fishing report, it looks like the springers are on the move and that a few are making their way to the smoker. Glad to hear of your successes, it gives all of us motivation to get out there and chase them around. Reports have been a bit sparse this month but are picking up as we go along. I hope you have many successful days of fishing this year, please keep us posted.
4/10/2008 Scott, Another great day on the Columbia Monday morning. We fished four guys, and by 9:00 AM we had 8 fish hooked, landed 6 and got to keep three. If anyone wants to fish the Columbia River, I can be reached at 541-974-6567 or through my web page at www.finsandfeathersguides.com Thanks Craig "Gus" Augustynovich
Hi Craig, thanks for the picture and report, those are some nice looking Springers your guest have there. Glad to hear things are moving along steadily on the Columbia, I haven't been up that way in a while. I have heard the sturgeon fishing has been very productive up there this year as well. Hopefully we will start hearing a bit more from the Umpqua here before long as well. Keep up the great work up there, looks like inland salmon fishing may be pretty productive this year.
4/8/2008 Hi Scott, I fished the North Umpqua today(Sunday 4-6-08) and landed two chrome native hens. Both were fooled by orange yarn balls with a spot of cerise and a very small clump of cured eggs. The water was perfect Steelhead green and the weather also cooperated. I was pleasantly surprised by how fresh the fish were this late in the winter season. They must have come in with the last storm; I’m not complaining though. I was by myself, so it was too hard to get myself in the picture. Steve Vannucci
Hi Steve and thanks for thinking of all of us with your report and photos. We don't expect that most will come with a professional photographer in tow, we appreciate the fact that you took the time to take a picture and send it with. Dog gone it every time I think the steelhead run is over someone sends in another report and proves me wrong.
4/3/2008 Hello Scott, Just thought I would let you know I am now booking Spring Chinook on both the Columbia and Umpqua. I will be on The umpqua starting April 15th. The fishing this winter for Sturgeon was great. Here are a few pictures of a group up from Roseburg this last weekend. They fished Springers on Friday and Sturgeon on Saturday. I can be reached at 541-974-6563 or through my web page a www.finsandfeathersguides.com
Thanks
Hello Craig and Gus and welcome back to fish-works, haven't heard from you in awhile, and again I would like to let everyone know that Fins and Feathers Guide Service are sponsors of our Fish-Works website. We are always happy to receive reports from guides and private fishermen alike. We of course want to give a little added shout out for our sponsors because they help to make this site possible for the rest of us. Those are some great looking fish your guest have there guys, it looks like things are warming up pretty fast on the water, time to start planning some fishing adventures on the Oregon coast. Thanks for thinking of us and keep us posted periodically on how your doing.
4/2/2008
Scott, Just a
quick note to
let you and your
viewers know I
am now booking
Spring Chinook
trips for April
& May. Here is a
picture of
yesterdays (
4-1-08) catch.
Not a bad way to
start the season
off.
Hello Jack, those are some fine looking Springers, what a fine way to start off the 2008 spring Chinook fishing season those are some beautiful fish. I got to thinking recently that the ocean salmon fishing closure may end up making for better river fishing stories this year, with fewer being taken out there, more will be taken inland. Jack Duncan is one of the many sponsors of the Fish-Works website and one hell of good fisherman to boot. We encourage our visitors that hire guides and charters to throw their support behind those who support our site. Thanks for the report and the photo Jack, congrats on your early success, let's hope it's a sign of good things to come this year.
3/30/2008
Hi Scott
Hey folks, was sure glad to hear from you all. Glad to hear someone is still out there chasing the steelhead around and keeping them honest. I think you might be right though, about the winter run being at an end. All and all the Steelhead fishing was pretty productive for those folks who took the time to get out there and go after them this year. I guess we can start looking for Springers here before too much longer, I have heard whispers and rumors of a few being caught already. Sturgeon fishing should be getting up a head of steam soon as well, it's that time of year as well. Once again thanks for the report and the photo.
3/28/2008
Hey Scott, Keep your tip up! Shawn Chase
Hello Shawn, the reports have been pretty sparse this month, so yours was a welcome site. Sounds like a great way to start out your day. Goes to show that there are fish there to be caught if someone wants to spend the time. Sea run trout can produce some pretty nice action and are delicious on the table as well. I think this year we are going to have to improvise a bit if we want to do much fishing and it sounds like your on the right track. If the weather continues to cooperate and things start to warm up a bit we are all going to want to get out there and play on the water. Fishing for Sea run trout sounds like a fishing trip worth taking. Thanks for thinking of us.
3/25/2008 Hello Scott: This is my friend Steve with a nice ling 1 of 4 taken out of Coos Bay on Monday. They had a nice trip with multiple whale sitings on the way. This fishery will end 4-1-2008. Fish on .
Rick Middleton Hi Rick, been while since we heard from you, thanks for emailing your report and picture. Things have been pretty quite this month in terms of activity, I think both on the water and on the fish-works.com website. My last trip out long range provided me with a great opportunity to whale watch too. That alone always makes the venture worthwhile. I just hear they were getting ready to close it back down here pretty soon, so for those of you who still want to get in on the action, you had better get with it. Take care and keep those reports coming our way.
3/19/2008 Hi Scott, Thought I'd get out and try the Millicoma once more with the water level back up and ran into 2 nice chromers for my efforts. both were released unharmed. Tight lines to all Robert
Hey there Robert, been a really slow month report wise, it hasn't been for lack of effort, I have received email from folks who have been giving a good effort, just not having much success. I was just starting to conclude that the winter steehead run was about at it's end and then you pop up with this report. As always, thanks for sharing the report and the photos.
3/7/2008 The Lucky Duck went out for the first trip of the year. Our favorite spot out of Charleston. Caught 8 ling cod in less than 2 hours. The ocean was a |
