this is where I used to live in Oregon hope you will enjoy.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t8BqWXlgQw
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this is where I used to live in Oregon hope you will enjoy.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t8BqWXlgQw
Bob it sounds like they do a lot of catching up there. Is there a limit or is it like Idaho where it's considered a trash fish. I will never understand that.
"gene"
Looks like a great place.
Oregon does not have a size limit or limit on crappie we were trying to change the laws in Oregon to 50 fish in the snake River system per day the problem there is that they come and catch all they want and I mean tons and haul them out and sell them which is illegal it was nothing to catch a few hundred fish a day there no problem but the game department would not go for it and we are still working on trying to get a limit on them and Oregon they are not considered a trash fish they also don't have any size or limit on the other panfish only on bass smallmouth in largemouth there are restrictions on some catfish and of course all the other trout salmon and steelhead in Sturgeon there are limits and you have to get a tag for them. the seasons will very is sometimes they do run in cycles where they will die down and then come back I think this is the case in most all the waters in the US another problem that they were having and Brownlee a few years back is they drew the water down so low that they killed a lot of eggs we managed to get that water level study for the hatch would go off about over 30 years ago they did not have a warm water fishery program which the club I belong to an Oregon got started but still again there's very little to be done with the warm water game fish they concentrate on salmon and steelhead and trout which is the main fishery in the Northwest.Quote:
Originally Posted by PawPaw "gene"
Wow! Thanks for sharing the video.:ThumbsUp
I also enjoyed the video Bob. I hope for the sake of the crappie that y'all can get limits set and enforcement to back it up.
"gene"
thanks for posting enjoyed it.
You really had a nice piece of property in Oregon. I do like the fact that you could just go fishing whenever you wanted without leaving the property. You are just blessed that way.
yes it was a beautiful piece of property and I truly would love to have it back but I don't think that's going to happen may be a miracle would happen that I would get it back.Quote:
Originally Posted by shipahoy41
I went here this summer and had a blast catching crappie and smallmouth
thank you yes it would be wonderful to get things situated for limit on the snake River system you could read more comments of mine on the Washington state post as I do comment there on the snake River.Quote:
Originally Posted by PawPaw "gene"
4-5 years ago I put a size and creel limit on our home lakes signs at the ramps Before the committee realized I had done this the season was over. The next year was awesome and they stuck with it for another year but then went back to 30 a day no size limit Bad plan now it sucks lots of small fish which is good for the future but you have to preserve what you have . Years ago 20 years ago crappie over 18" were common. I've caught them at or over 17" nothing like back in the day with 20-21" inches. You all say bs but we have pictures at our clubhouse. But now it's pretty much pleasure boaters that run the show I'm working on getting on the land and lakes committee to change this so it can be the trophy lake it can be
Brownlee really is a unique fishery. It's not your typical crappie reservoir. It lies in the same canyon that Hell's Canyon is in, the deepest gorge in the U.S. Very steep sided,not unusual to be in 40' of water a boat length from shore. To catch crappie here throughout the year fishing rock is the key and although it all looks the same it's not. Due to a very rich food chain started by nutrients brought in from the upper Snake River there is a heavy algae bloom that feeds an immense amount of zoo plankton. Fish populations can explode given stable water levels. Therein lies the problem. Brownlee dam is regulated by the C.O.E. for flood control for Portland Oregon. Whether there is a heavy snow pack or not it is drawn down in winter or early spring. Depending on the extent of the snow pack and draw down, some years there is no spawn or a very minimal spawn. This leads to boom and bust cycles in the crappie population. We are usually fishing a strong age class where there is little variation in size. Some years I turn crappie fishermen away because there is not much of a chance of putting a catch together. Another situation we face is that once the Snake River chinook salmon were put on the endangered species list the reservoir is drawn down in the summer to put more water in the river to flush the smolts out to sea quicker. Sometimes this leads to our launch ramps being high and dry in the late summer. It doesn't effect the fishing, the spots just change. Due to the spawning problems I have lobbied for a crappie limit. As it is now with no limit a strong age class of fish lasts about 5 years. Our biologist did a comprehensive study and determined that a 30 fish limit would stretch the harvest throughout the 10year life cycle. His report was cast aside and we are still with no limit. A big part of the problem is the reservoir is shared with Idaho and the IDFG director says that Idaho fishermen aren't complaining. There's not much chance of anything changing.
Seems like a remarkable fishery. Some pretty country too.