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Friday, February 19th, 2010

  • Coos County
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      Water Temp: chilly

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished about a 250 yard section of the west shore of Cottage Grove today before work. Used a crawdad colored crankbait for 1 stinkin' cast- then had to do the old grab the line and walk backwards trick. The line finally snapped at the usual weak spot- the uni to uni knot between the leader and the braid. Grabbed my trusty jig rod and kept casting. About 10 minutes before I had to leave for work I tossed way out along side a small point. Let the jig settle and started slowly workin' it back to me. About halfway back I felt the familiar tap-tap from my first bass of 2010. Set the hook on the 3rd tap and in she comes. A nice belly full of eggs 4 pound, 8 ounce beauty. Didn't have my tape with me but she was 3" taller than the top of my rubber boots. Worked out to 19 1/2" once I got to work and borrowed a tape. Tried 3 or 4 more casts to the area but no more bites. I was in a great mood all day! Even got a semi-decent picture of her. Felt bad having her out that long as cold as it was but she swam away fine when I gently sat her back in the lake.
      City: yoncalla,or

      Tips: I tying a crawdad crankbait back on right now and the jig rod always goes with me regardless of the time of year. Fish them as slow as you can but mix it up now and then. This bass hit the jig pretty hard while I was shaking the tip of the rod. I think banging and bouncing the crank off the bottom or any cover is what gets you the most bites. But with the right crankbait you can do it slowly enough that the fish doesn't have to expend extra energy chasing it down! Gotta go- fishin' time!

Monday, February 15th, 2010

  • Coos County
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      Water Temp: felt OK for 2/1

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Spent an hour and a half walking and casting along the west shore (Mid-lake) at Cottage Grove this morning. Water has come up quite a bit. Used a jig and reddish beaver along with a jerkbait. If you fish this lake later in the year you really should take your camera and a notepad and walk the shoreline. You'll discover all kinds of cool looking cover that you never knew was there.
      City: yoncalla,or

      Tips: Thanks for the kind words Big Ed. You can't catch 'em if you don't go to the lake or pond. I really miss the ponds I used to fish in California- they would usually produce 9 or 10 months of the year.Don't forget- the Bassmaster Classic is next weekend. I'd rather be catchin' than watchin' but those dudes can sure fish. Fun to try to pick the top 5 guys. See ya out there! And GO JOSH HILL!!

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

  • Coos County
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      Water Temp: really cold

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: I think you are the only person in the state that is actually fishing for bass this time of year. You are a dedicated, fishing addict. I sure appreciate you taking the time to report on all of your fishing adventures. It provides a lot of inspiration for me to get out there and rip some lips. I unfortunately fish small farm ponds that take forever to warm up. Three of them actually have mountain stream runoff going into them. But I'm patiently waiting for my time. Thanks Bob
      City: Salem, Or

      Tips: I've found early pre-spring bass don't move a lot for their food. I normally drag senkos along the bottom very slowly and try to put it right in front of them. Quite possibly the most boring style of bass fishing. But can be affective.

Friday, January 29th, 2010

  • Coos County
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      Water Temp: ok for Jan.

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Fished Cottage Grove along the dam for about 50 min. before work. Didn't get a bite. Tossed my trusty jig and also slow rolled a 5" trout colored swimbait for 6 or 8 casts. The water clarity was pretty darn good and it's rising. A trout guy I talked to said he was there 4 days ago and he had parked about 30' further down the bank. Keep it coming because we've only had about 1/2 the normal rainfall so far this winter. And the bass for sure bite better if the lake fills up. I saw some small movement right along the edge of the bank and I'm pretty sure it was frog related. There is a bit of floating debris that should grow as the winds pick up. This should help warm the water and give the bass overhead cover. I expect to lose a few jigs trying to extract a few toads from under it!
      City: yoncalla,or

      Tips: Try to think like a big bass. The water's warming up, you need protein to help your eggs grow and dang I'm hungry! How about a floating frog twitched enticingly across the top of the floating debris with a stout rod of course. See ya out there!

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

  • Coos County
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      Water Temp: chilly

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: After 2 or 3 days of no rain and somewhat warm weather I'm heading to Cottage Grove this morning to see if I can fool a fat bass into nibbling on one of my jig and beavers. I've got at least an hour to fish before work so I may hit 2 spots. I'm pretty sure the water won't look like Ovaltine- hasn't been that windy. Will post soon with results good or bad!
      City: yoncalla,or

      Tips: Never forget optimism,jigs or your license when heading to the lake.

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

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      Water Temp: 55.8

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: LOts of trash still on the lake so be VERY careful with speeds. Tress flaoting in Vasques big enough to make a good size bonfire!

      One keeper on a drop shot in Whittenburg
      Give it a few days to clear up. Back of lake is pretty heavy with sediment upto 8 feet thick
      City: SM

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

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      Water Temp: 42

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Went back out on sunday, wind was blowin pretty good but we stuck it out. Caught 4 fish 1.5,3.5,5.5,and a 7.2#. Fished from 8 till 12. Ran all around the lake fish were spread all over caught them between 3-35ft. put a pic up of the two big ones on the fishing photos section.
      City: Medford

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

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      Water Temp: 40-42

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Finally got out on the water since the aba fish off in tri cities in september. Thought it was going to be a joke but actually turned into a great day once we figured them out. Got to the lake around 12:00 and it took about an hour before the first bite. We ended up catching 6 fish all large mouth and missed one, biggest fish was over 6 backed up with a 5 a 4 a 3 and two between 1 and 2 pounds. We pulled the big one the 5 and a two pounder all off the same point, two fish came down by the cemetary and one off the rock wall up the emigrant arm. Caught all the fish on jigs and plastics shallow, 15 to 22 feet. Talked to another buddy who was on the water and they were catching fish too with one over 3 but didnt get a chance to talk to them again to see how they ended up. Got pics of the three big ones on cell phone will try to post them.
      City: Medford

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

  • Jackson County
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      Water Temp: 48

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Went out on the 2nd 2011 had a couple pick ups on jigs, prior to this my dad and I went out in November water about 48 clear caught 1 3# large mouth. This lake is really picking up last year my dad and his buddy caught two 7+ lbs small mouth, and had a one day weight of 18 lbs during southern Oregon open.
      City: Eagle Point

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

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      Water Temp: 47-49

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: fished for 3 hours and got 2 smallies one on a tube and the other on a spinnerbait both on rocky banks in about 10-15 feet of water.
      City: ashland

      Tips: fish the rockier points and chunk rock banks.

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

  • Coos County
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      Water Temp: 40-43

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: Took my kayak out to Cottage Grove Lake for some exercise and casting practice! Air temp was 33 when I launched but it felt okay. Had on plenty of clothes and some neoprene gloves that worked great for paddling- little bulky for fishing. Paddled over several pods of fish but couldn't draw a bite. Tried a Lucky Craft ripbait and a brighter colored (Gold w/orange belly) Diawa ripbait. Most fish were 8' or deeper. Should have had a suspending crankbait tied on second rod. Lots of hunters along the dam blasting away as usual. Only saw one guy doing pretty well and he was in a small boat!
      City: yoncalla,or

      Tips: Dress warm and be safe.

Sunday, November 15th, 2009

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: hey kevin i heard that the swimbait bite can be really good at emigrant in the fall what sort of swimbaits are worth trying do you like to throw like huddlestons rof 6,or mission fish or what any insight would be awesome thanks
      City: central point

      Tips: for anyone who likes to fish out of a float tube or from the bank the expo ponds have been good with jigs and brush hogs got 2, 4 lbrs last week and one pushin 5 lbs the week before that.
      good luck on the water tight lines

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

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      Water Temp: 51

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: GOT ON THE LAKE ABOUT 8:00 LEFT AROUND NOON. CAUGHT 3 FISH 6,5,3 ALL ON SWIM BAITS FISHING 10-25 DEPTH. HAD ONE OTHER BITE.
      City: CP

      Tips: SLOW ROLLING

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

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      Water Temp: 54-56

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: fished emigrant a few days ago we got around 20-30 average 10-14 inch smallmouth and a few alright ones mixed in but nothin over 3 the biggest fish was a largemouth about 2 and a half in really deep water on the left side arm on a tube we were crawling them as slow as we could stand and the bite was very subtle but we ended up doing pretty good also had a few fish on grubs,hula grubs one on a ripbait and a few more on a senko just letting it take its time to get to the bottom. the bigger largemouth was caught on a hula grub but the dark brown or green color tube was for sure the ticket with some softshell crawfish scent.
      City: cp

      Tips: go really slow and feel out the bottom its amazing how many more fish we got once we started fishing the tubes just a few inches at a time witha pause inbetween.
      catchand release good luck on the water.

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

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      Water Temp: 55

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Arrived at 7:30 am, and launched quickly. Cruised over to the deeper rocky areas. Started chunking cranks and swimbaits, but nada. So, I slowed down with tubes and hula grubs and ended up catching about thirty smallmouth and largemouth. Biggest went 3.1, smallmouth on a tube. Had a little over eight pounds for five. Not bad, not great!
      City: Corvallis

Friday, October 30th, 2009

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      Water Temp: ?

      Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

      Report: Going to ol' Ignorant Halloween morning to go chase those slimy green things we call bass. Haven't been fishing for two weeks, been busy at OSU. I'll give you guys a report when I get back. I hoping for 13-15 lbs., best five. We'll see, last time I went out to Ignorant I stuck a solid 4lb 9oz largemouth on a twin tailed "hulligan" aka hula grub.
      City: Corvallis

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

  • Clinton County
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      Water Temp: 60

      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: I love spots but hope they dont take over and just have tons of dinks like shasta...I also have to say I have caught some smallmouth out of kellys slough about ten in all and Im sure thats not all of them, I dont know how long they have been in there, but a few of the ones I caught were right at 2lbs. They are talking about removing Gold Ray Dam, wonder if the smallmouth will take over the Rogue like they did the Umpqua
      City: medford

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

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      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: TC thanks for the report.i belong to a club in medford if you would like info.
      send me a e-mail i can give you the details

Monday, September 28th, 2009

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      Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

      Report: Fish are biting on cranks and jigs all over right now. The bite has been improving and we will see what the cold does. I know that there have been some tournaments here in the fall that I always manage to miss, I was wondering if any are upcoming here. I have been to a few club sites like Craterbass, but I have not seen any listed. I am guessing that these are usually turkey shoots, none the less any responce about this would be great.
      City: Medford

      Tips: green pumpkin jigs and white dd cranks

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

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      Water Temp: 70

      Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

      Report: hey bennie i always try to use brown or dark green to imitate crawfish i like the dry creek tackle crazy eddie color, last year got a 4+ smallmouth out of emigrant on one.when i fish emigrant i usually target large rock but there is some good smallmouth on the smaller gravel banks too i will fish there this weekend look out for the report.
      City: cp

      Tips: i am making a youtube channel of my southern oregon fishing adventures check it out sometime,its under colbybassmaster on youtube

      is there any local clubs that have a youth program so far the only one that i have found is in roseburg,what about the grants pass club if anyone has any info email me thanks
      catch and release