Anybody had any luck yet this season? If so, what was your method? I’ve managed to land 3 jacks and a small buck on eggs and then I lost a good size one on a spinner fishing the head of a hole in some fast water. No luck twitching or anything else though. How about you guys? Any advice for more hookups?

Recently went to rogers landing and it was trash. Hardly any bank access. I live in Beaverton and I’d like to plunk for salmon and the rivers I go to the most are the willamette and sandy. Any recommendations for places to plunk?

First one of the year last month

I do a mess load of bass fishing throughout the year. But this year I want to try and catch some cat fish but don't really know where to go. I live in the Sheridan area and fish most of the farmers ponds around here, with permission of course. I grew up in the area and worked most of the fields as a kid. AND I've got a great spot for carp also but can't figure out how to hook these monsters the right way and not snag or shoot em.

I have not been catching as much and I feel like maybe my setups could be improved. Well it could always be improved.

I currently have 2 9'6 poles and 3000 Presidential reels.

Both reels with 50 pound yellow braided.

On my bead pole I have a 1/2 bobber dogging style bobber with a 3/8 slinky eagle claw weight.

On my jig pole I use a 1/2 bobber and 3/8 Inline weight.

On both poles I use the mainline to go all the way too the weight and then have a 3-4 ft 15 pound leader always to just 1 hook either bead or jig.

Wondering if I'm doing anything wrong or can improve my setup... thank you guys. 😊

I've heard it's early but that there are fish in the river. Everyone I've talked to out on the water hasn't had any luck so far. I was thinking that the last storm might have pushed some fish into the river. Now I'm hoping that the next storm really does the trick. Is anybody else having any luck? If so what method and when? I've tried a lot of stuff but I prefer drift fishing normally corkies or beads with some yarn, and my father-in-law gave me some cured spawn sacks as well. This is my first season going for steelhead and I'd really like to land one or at least hook one. I've been trying to spend as much time on the water as possible and really working on trying to read the water and find the fish. Any tips or pointers would be much appreciated, and I'd love to hear some success stories from this season to keep the fire of persistence burning.

If you were to head to either above river this weekend, and target winter steelhead, where would you go? Been debating this all day, and I’m leaning towards the Sandy. Maybe drift some beads or corkys near Dabney.
I hit the Clackamas river twice last week, and got skunked both times (honestly didn’t expect to catch anything). Hoping both rivers are in good condition this weekend after all of the rain the past two days.

Floated some pink worms on a jig head this morning on the Clack. (I know, pretty early still for winter steelhead). When float fishing I’ve never reeled my line in enough, for the bobber stop (small rubber stops, not the Dacron/braid) to go through the top eye of my rod.
Depending on how deep I want my jig to be, that can become cumbersome.
Today I just reeled in until about 6” or so of my float. Casted out OK with the bobber stop going through the eyes, but every cast the stop would go higher on my line.

Should I not reel in the bobber stops past the eye?
Should I switch to the Dacron/braid stops?

My setup: 9.5’ spinning rod. 30lbs braid to a 20lbs flouro bumper. Bobber stop, bead, float, bead, 1/2oz inline weight, barrel swivel to 10lbs flouro leader. My bobber stop lives on the 20lbs flouro bumper.

Any advice is appreciated!

Thanks for creating this sub! Hoping it takes off!

Any go to beaches or coastal towns that typically produce the most? I don’t need to know which rock to stand on but if someone could point me in the right direction that would be awesome. Also would a 8-17 lb rod work or should I beef it up?

I'd welcome any and all tips for fishing for white sturgeon from the bank between Bonneville and Rufus. I've only been once and didn't do anything but reel in a couple. I'm eager to get out on my own this winter.

They are more interested in seeing fish caught than size or type. Also somewhere relatively warm and out of the wind

I’m fairly new to bank fishing tributaries and have yet to hook a steelhead. I’ve tried spinners, drifting corkies/yarnies and bait, floating eggs and beads, you name it. What’s your go to method for these early steelhead?

I’m an avid (novice) fisherman who’s constantly searching the internet for info on how and where to catch fish here in my home state. I know Washington has their own subreddit so I figured we could use one as well. Hopefully this can blow up a little and become a resource for people to learn something or maybe even just serve as a way for people to engage in some fishing conversations and share photos. Enjoy!