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Monday, September 6, 2004
August 4: Took brother Mark and Kevin Connolly of Portland, Mark bought a trip for brother Kevin as today was his birthday. We used the FDS system a lot of the day, and it always seemed to produce. They fly fished most of the day and ended up with 108 fish between them. It was 44 in Fossil, 58 at the river, water was 63, 187 CFS, 4-5 clarity, on a very clear day. We took fish on most everything, but the My Fly caught the major portion of the fish. Kevin did prevail as the winner with 56 fish. The FDS system as explained to me by Mark and Kevin is simply casting out and then doing something else, thus the Fat-Dumb-Stupid System. Actual works great!!
August 3: We ran two trips today with guide Scott Carter taking the Father/Son team oif Ross (541-388-9937) and Tanner Torkelson of Bend. It was 41 in Fossil, 55 at the river with the water showing 60 degrees, 191 CFS, 4-5 clarity, and a nice day. Ross boated 49 fish with a Maaster Angler 20" X 12", and Tanner boated aTrophy 18" X 11". They ended up with 104 smallies, caught mostly on Outlaw Baits 5" worms covered with Smelly Jelly and Ultrabite.
I took The husband wife team of Marc and Cindy Schafler of Bend. They caught lots of fish ending up with 112 smallies and Cindy boating a whooping 65 fish. Marc fished topwater whenevery possible and boated some nice 16-17" fish.
August 31: Fished with a great Father/Son Team of Robb ( 541-382-0241) and Nick Nordby from Bend. It was 55 in Fossil, 66 at the river with the water showing 70 degrees, 4-5 claarity, and a very clear day. The "Game" was on and they boated 72 fish by lunch and ended up with 214 smallies. Both joined the 100+ Club with Nick getting 101 and Robb 113. It was a great day of catching and the Outlaw Baits 5" worms came through like Champs.
August 30: Fioshed with a Husband/Wife Team of Gary and Heide Blaser of Portland. These guys are good fishermen and Heide caught a nice 21" Master Angler fish last year. The huge fish alluded us today, but they caught lots of nice fish. We used mostly craft hair jigs, and bigger baits.
August 29: Took friends John Ackemann ( 401-667-7021) from Sauderstonn, Rhode Island, and Troy Carpenter (480-820-7321) of Tempe Arizona. iT WAS 50 in Fossil 64 at the river at 7 AM, the water was 66 degrees, 429 CFS, 5-6 clarity, and a very clear day. They boated 46 by lunch, but ended up with lots of fish before the day was over. They were just targeting big fish and throwing mostly a large craft hair jig.
August 28: Took friended John Ackemann and Troy Carpenter. It was 48 in Fossil at 5 AM, 64 at the river at 7 AM, and the water was running 65 degrees, 353 CFS, 4-5 clarity, on a very nice day. They boated 50 fish by lunch, but John caught a Master Angler 20" X 12 1/2" beauty. We were using Walleye Feast as the scent for the day, and they were throwing a craft hair Jig. covered with Walaleye Feast.
August 27: We took a great group of guys from Bend: Tom Bennett (541-388-1968) and Matt Jura with Hayden Homes, Tom Busik (541-385-5484), J Webb, and Tim Schmidt (541-312-3218) with Green PLanet. It was 50 in Fossil, 64 at the river with the water showing 66 degrees, 284 CFS, 5-6 clarity, and great day. They ended up boating 451 smallies with Tom Bennett gettting the largest at 21" X 13" Master Angler, Tom Busik caught the most at 133 and Tim Schmidt with 105 both joined the 100+ Club. The Champion with the five longest fish Was Tom Busik wsiht 64 1/2 inches. They were all fishing Outlaw Baits 5" worm covered with Smelly Jelly (Craw/Anise and Anchovy mixed 50-50) and Ultrabite Black Bass scents mixed together. Lots of nice 12-15 inch fish were caught. Skip Geer and Scott Carter, and the 'Ol guy were the guides.
August 24th: Took three generation of Landons: Grandpa Dave Landon (541-567-1071), son Chad Landon (541-922-2538), and grandson Cory. This was our second day together and it rained the night before and raised the river to 161 CFS and blew all the green slime off the rocks. We fished for two hours and caught 6 smallies. I offered the Private Largemouth Lake to the group and they said, "Let's go." We got to the Lake about 11:30 AM and the catching started right away. They boated 90 fish in the next 5 hours with grandson Cory leading the way with 44. Both Dave and Chad boated a very nice 18 1/2" Largemouth on topwater Buzz baits. The Lake was a warm 73 with the air temp at 76, on a slightly overcast day. We set Cory up on some 1/32 crappie jigs and he hamemered the bluegill and some largemouth.
August 23: Meet the Landon Family in spray for breakfast at 6 Am. It was 53 degrees in Fossil 64 at the river with the water registering 68 degrees, 5-6 clarity, 122 CFS, and a beautiful day. They boated 139 smallies with Dave getting the most at 61. They had 57 at lunch.
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