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Sunday, May 25th, 2008

  • Coos County
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      Water Temp: 63?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished the west shore of Cottage Grove yesterday morning before work. Got a 17 1/2", 2 lb., 11 oz. largemouth on a Lucky Craft Pointer 100. I was rippin' it with the standard rip-rip-pause retrieve and not getting bit so I really started rippin' it hard and that's when the bass hit it. I also tossed my 5" trout swimbait and a tube for a while but no bites on those. It's gonna be a long great summer- can't wait until they start slamming the 8" baits!!
      City: yoncalla, oregon

      Tips: I'm lookin' so forward to showing my 5 yr. old daughter how fun tossing buzzbaits and frogs up in the weedy areas of the creek. She will love it when they almost rip the rod out of her hands. I'm gonna try a few of the other Lucky Craft baits like 78's and 128 Pointers and some of the staysees. They run a hair deeper and may get me a few more bites. I'm like anybody else- I'd hate to lose one on a snag but why have them if you're not gona use them! I only have maybe 8 or 9. I guess if I'm really worried I could toss a rogue- they're a bit easier on the wallet if you do lose one.

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

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      Water Temp: 63

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Headed out for an evening bite with my Chris and let me tell you, it was cold and the wind was unreal. That just helped the bite, caught around 25 fish with a 5#lm,4#sm,3.5#lm,3.5#lm 2.5sm were our best five for 18.5lbs. Most fish were tucked back in the coves with the exception of one flat where we got into a good school of large mouth.
      City: medford

      Tips: Threw everyting at em but the reaction bite was pretty good.

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

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      Water Temp: Ripe for the pi

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Wow!! Water has warmed up nicely and fish are biting. Son caught 10 during the day off the shore
      Mostly smallmouth and a couple of trout. I went up late after work and caught 9 on topwater. Largest was a 3.5 largemouth. All fish on topwater.
      What a blast. If you like topwater, then hit Emigrant.
      City: Shady Cove Oregon

      Tips: Topwater!!! Try to stay out of the wind. Also, put a chain or rope on your trolling motor, this way, it won't fall in the drink like mine did. hahahaha

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Has anyone been to Iron Gate in the last month? I was thinking of heading up there, but have only fished the lake in the late summer/fall. Sorry to submit this on emigrant, but no one has reported on Iron Gate.
      City: Central Point

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

  • Malheur County
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      Water Temp: 58

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Stayed at Owyhee for nearly a week, fishing was decent hard to get any of size to bite but, it seemed while we were there some of the Lm were moving into the shallows and weeds although it was still fairly slow, probably due to the temp.
      City: Klamath Falls Or.

  • Coos County
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      Water Temp: 60's

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out the 17th and 20th. Two different farm ponds. One pond the spawn was on big time. I got 6 bass in about 25 minutes. All on a variety of senko's. Mainly 4in green pumpkin. All were got bank fishing, casting parallel to the bank. Fish were really active hanging around their nests. Saw a monster bass amongst a pack of spawning blue gill. I tried everything, it wouldn't even look at my bait, I believe it was going after a nice juicy sunfish. Biggest fish weighed about 3lbs. Caught it in about 2 feet of water. Fished today in a farm pond outside of lebanon, water was really muddy. I caught 7 fish. None were very big, some fish just starting spawn. Did catch two on a suspending rapala. Rest on senko, fishing the senko weightless on braided line with huge 3/0 hooks.
      City: dallas

      Tips: Have fun out there!

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      Water Temp: 64-66.5 maybe?

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Cottage Grove on the 14th,16th,17th and 19th. Didn't catch a fish but still had an exciting week. On the 17th I fished the west shore and had 2 5 pound fish follow my 5" swimbait right up to my feet in 2 foot of clear water. Had to leave for work 15 minutes afterward- that's always tough. Had a tube and a fluke rigged on my other 2 rods but they wouldn't hit those baits. I actually started the day with a senko wacky rigged but never got a bite. So I hooked up the tube instead.
      On the 19th I went back to the same area and tossed 2 different swimbaits and a Pointer 100. There was a bit of chop on the water and I was there from 10:40-11:40AM. The water was clear enough to see any followers but I didn't see any. So I moved down the bank and found a spot where I could fan cast the swimbaits. I pulled one across the end of a shoreline log and a 2 pounder came out and flashed at the bait. I tossed it back again and this time I saw a 4 pounder with it. I rigged up a sweet beaver weightless and tossed back in. They'd watch it but not hit it. So I tossed it over the log and on the way down one of the 2 jumped it. I set and got the fish up to the other side of the log, could hear and see water splashing but only saw part of its lip. Then my hook was stuck in the log and the fish was gone. I'm just glad that it didn't get pinned to the log. Amazingly enough it was the only bigger hook I had in the fanny pack- time to reload. I didn't get any but the spawn is definitely on. I've got to get the boat out again and soon!
      City: yoncalla, oregon

      Tips: Standard sight fishing stuff should come into play now and I hope I can catch some post spawn mamas as they head out to their summer spots. The water is so darn clear it is unbelievable. See ya out there.

Monday, May 19th, 2008

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      Water Temp: 72

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished from 5-8pm. Happy to see the lake is clearing and the water is warming. Lake lice are out in force, but the mud-line will be enjoyed later. Caught them on everything but the swimbait. Senko's, spinnerbaits, jerkbaits all worked well. I am happy for the great weather and the spook bite will happen soon. Has anyone seen the spawners? I caught a nice post spawn female but I have not seen a bed. Good Luck
      City: Medford

      Tips: Go Fish!

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Time: Prespawn
      Location: backwater
      Lure: Senko ((3 inch)) Texas & wacky, color smoke
      Wind: light
      Weather: sunny warm
      City: Aloha

      Tips: The males are in the shallows. I got over 100 bass with several over 2 pounds and one over 3 pounds. They were on riprap or small gravel. I also got some in downed trees. I was in a car top boat and rowing :-). Think of how you could have done with a real bass boat. next week I got 50 l.m. bass out of Hagg Lake.
      Thanks
      Roger

Friday, May 16th, 2008

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      Water Temp: 61-75

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: got a late start on Friday, but i got out on the water so that is all that matters i guess. Fished every bank i could, trolling motor on high! several nice crusers on the east side of the lake. moved to the west side of the lake around noon and stayed in the grass. landed several 4 pounders and one nice 6 pounder. the 6 pounder came off of a log and with a sinko. The rest came out of the grass with a 1/4 oz jig.
      City: Marcola

      Tips: stay in the grass, all but one fish was in the grass. fish are spooky for some reason? stealth mode is how i work them.

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      Water Temp: 68-70

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: First went to Loon Lake, Gate was locked, I knew that I just forgot that the ramp does not open untill Memorial day. Drove back down to Tahkenitch and launched at about 6:30 AM. Fished around the Island out from the ramp, nothing, fished all my favorite spots, Nothing! Now, let me tell you that I have fished this lake for about fourty years and I could not scare up a fish of any size for nothing. I spent about an hour just looking for beds and could not find even one! ?????????????????????
      Finally about 2:00 PM My buddy says, "I got one"! About 3 minits later he hauls in a 6# 14oz pig on a Strike King Zero! only fish all day and quit at about 3:00 PM.
      City: Lakeside

      Tips: Next to Tenmile Tahkenitch is my favorite lake to fish on the coast, I don't know what to say other than I quess I have lost my touch.????????????? That is if I ever had one!

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

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      Water Temp: 61-64

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished emigrant alone tuesday evening 5:30 - 8:15 bite was on fire. Caught 25-30 fish with best 5 @ 17.5 pounds with 5.80 smallie. most the bigger fish were smallmouth and 1 3 pound large mouth. the fish are aggressive and shallow 5-15ft.
      City: medford

  • Coos County
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      Water Temp: 60 plus in spot

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Told my 5 year old daughter we would go to Cottage Grove in the boat Monday afternoon if the weather was nice. Tried to talk her out of it 'cause it was fairly windy and she's not a huge fan of rough water. She'd have none of it! Loaded the boat with a few rods and a ton of her "STUFF". She had mommy help her pack a cooler full of goodies. And away we went.
      Launched up the creek with not another boat on the whole lake. It was pretty windy and it was blowing down the lake into the creek. I had a t shirt on almost all afternoon. She wore every piece of clothing she had with us and of course her life jacket. We idled across the creek and started fishing. As usual she got bored after about 15 minutes. She sat down to try some beef jerky. I had her turn on the fishfinder on the dash and had her watch it closely for fish. As we crossed from a flat into the creek channel (Dropped from 3-4' down to 10-12') she saw a couple fish on the meter. I had a 5" trout swimbait tied on so I tossed it ahead of us at what I hoped was the edge of the channel. Three casts later I got a hard bite and yelled come here girl. She grabbed the rod and I kept one hand on it too. Then we started winching the bass in. From the bite and the bobbing of the rod it seemed like it should have been bigger. To my 5 year old it was a giant! When we saw the bait doubled over in its mouth we decided to swing it aboard. While I tried to get the bait out I had her get out and fire up the camera. She took a half dozen photos and even one of the release. I usually weigh and measure every fish but since we took the pictures and the boat was blowing up the creek into 3' of water......I'll guess that this bass was 2 3/4 to 3 pounds and about 17 to 17 1/2" long. While we celebrated and high fived I got the boat back to roughly the same spot. She had noticed one little piece of wood sticking up so we used it as a marker bouy. Within 2-3 casts we got another one! She had the camera ready to go by the time I landed it. This was an absolute clone of the other fish and had the bait sideways also. Tossed the spot 50' up and down the channel and couldn't draw another swimbait bite.
      We moved over to the other side of the creek channel and I tried to get her to toss a crankbait. She said you go ahead Daddy and started working on a cheese stick. Five casts later I got a nice bite, set the hook, light action rod loads up, fish surfaces and tosses my lure on the first headshake! That was it for catching.
      We piled on all her clothes and even gloves and headed slowly out to the stick up tree on the main body. Tossed a jig and the crankbait for about 30 minutes with no bass. She was tired of drifting around and wanted to sit in one spot so we tied off to a branch and fished all around.
      City: yoncalla, oregon

      Tips: Bring lots of snacks 'cause you can lead a kid to water......but you can't make 'em fish. She learned today though. She learned how to watch the meter and notice a good drop off, learned how to get the camera fired up and ready so the bass doesn't stay out too long, she learned how to keep the nose into the wind so you don't blow onto shore, learned you can't have too many clothes in the boat even on a sunny day, she learned bass really like swimbaits and she taught Daddy it's true- you just gotta relax and let kids be kids! See ya.

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

  • Coos County
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      Water Temp: 56.3 to 60.2

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Took the kayak to Cottage Grove this morning and launched up the creek. Fished mostly around the east (campground area) shore. Chased a 2 pounder out of a small woody shallow cove but didn't see any other bed fish or cruisers. Kinda surprising considering the 60 degree temps in a couple spots. Used a jig with a twin tail grub in shades of brown, a dark green chatterbait, a 6-8' deep suspending fat free shad crankbait with no takers. There was another 12-13 boat club tourney and this one launched out of the creek ramp. Got there as they launched the last 2 boats. Didn't see (or hear) anyone land a fish even though there were 6-7 boats fishing that area.
      City: yoncalla, oregon

      Tips: I'm a little discouraged right now with the fish in this lake. But I'll still be out there trying. See ya out there!

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      Water Temp: right there

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Thanks for the reports/comments Brady and Fender Bender. It's good to know someone is using this website besides me!
      Had another 3 fishless days in one week- the good news is the lull should be over real soon. It never seems to last more than 2 or 3 weeks. I'm taking the kayak out as soon as I'm done with this post. I'm heading for 3 or 4 spots I can't get to from shore anymore now that the lake is full. Thanks for the early B-day present Lee! Should be a great summer of lots of big old swimbait eaters. I can't wait!
      City: yoncalla, oregon

      Tips: Keep moving 'till you find the size fish you're looking for. Look for staging areas the big fish use before moving shallow to spawn. Deeper water right outside a spawning (big) flat with a few stumps and you've found a honey hole you can visit year after year. GO-GO-GO-GO....GONE!!!!

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

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      Water Temp: Not warm enough

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Went out to go fishing and arrived at the lake to find it white caping. I hate this lake this time of the year. Luckily enough we did find some LM spawning. Surprised the crap out of me. I was able to incidentally hook a female about three lbs or so, after seeing the male sitting on the bed. She jumped out of the water and threw my hook. Figures. I think this lake is about to turn on. Lets cross our fingers.
      City: Medford

Monday, May 5th, 2008

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      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Emigrant from 1-7pm and caught a lot of dinks (all smallmouth). Most of the fish ate grubs and ripbaits. All of our fish were under 2 pounds, but at least they are finally shallow. A couple of these 12-13" smallies are very fat and I assume are full of eggs. I cant imagine females this size spawning can help to improve the average size fish in this lake I dont condone keeping fish, but I wonder if it would increase the size of these fish if someone weeded out some of these dink smallies??? I would love to hear everyone's opinion on this subject. I am sure someone is going to say that there are huge fish in this lake. I realize this, but they are few and far between.
      City: Central Point

      Tips: If you want to catch big largemouth fish the wood. If you want to catch big smallies then fish exactly the opposite as I've been doing!!!!!
      (CATCH AND RELEASE, AT LEAST THE BIGGER FISH)

  • Coos County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: This report is for Dorina.... We had a club event there May 4th and 5th. 14 fish caught mostly in the grass flats on white spinner baits, fish were in 1 to 2 feet of water. Average was about 2 pounds. Mostly males with a few females caught. Seen alot of large cruisers in the grass flats but could not get them to bite. The bigger ones where on the move. One bed fish was caught during the tournament.
      City: Central Point

      Tips: Fish as shallow as you can. Rip spinner baits through the grass and when it comes free, they will hit it.

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Bass n bob Thanks for the reports. I have family up there and I will be coming up in a couple weeks to fish C.G. You do a great job. Wish more bass guys in Oregon would post.
      City: Trail Or. 97541

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

  • Coos County
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      Water Temp: feels right

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went to Cottage Grove the 26th, the 30th, the 2nd and the 3rd and didn't get a bite. Fished all over the west shore in spots I had been having good luck at. The water has come way up and looks like it will top out this year. It is also very clear. I tossed a white spinnerbait and you could see it a mile away. I also tossed a jig and beaver, a Pointer 100, several crankbaits, brush hogs, even tried a topwater lure. I guess if the fish are gonna go into their just before the spawn lull I'll be forced to go to the Senko and drop shot rods. I never really thought about it but I guess you'd have to say I like to power fish. I feel more comfortable tossing heavier line on stout poles with bigger baits. But I'll do what I have to to get bit. Boats out for sure next weekend- got a couple people that want to go so let summertime begin.
      City: yoncalla, oregon

      Tips: When I go shore fishing I'll try senkos, a drop shot with a 4.5" worm and a squarebilled shallow crank. And if that doesn't work I'll downsize even further- my 2 year old boys Nemo pole and a 1 1/2" grub!!!!!
      And please don't forget to post a report. I can't be the only bass guy fishin' Cottage Grove or Dorena. Thanks!