Jeff at Bonnie Lure Park
Early this morning, I met up with my MotoSport pal, James, for some Winter Steelhead Practice out on the Clackamas River, and then over to Eagle Creek. (if we caught something, we wouldn’t have called it practice) James hadn’t been out steelheading in quite a while, but after a few minutes, he picked up right where he left off! Tossed all kinds of gear, bait, colors, scents, but couldn’t get a steelhead to even look. Got to break in our 2010 fishing licenses somehow!
This pic is Bonnie Lure State Park up by Estacada. A lot of people like to fish Eagle Creek for steelhead (and also Coho Salmon, when in season), but personally, my favorite is to wade across this stretch and fish either the Clackamas River or Eagle Creek from the island. However, today, when the Estacada river gauge is at 13.7′, this stretch is just a little too high for my hip boots!
James took this picture, and if I had thought about it, I should have snapped his pic and posted it up here, too. Next time!