There was so much fat on this buck, I could hardly believe it.
One of the more incredible deer I saw on the trip was a doe that almost matched the body size of this buck. You could easily make out the fat rolls on her side. The deer were eating well heading into the migration.
@FairWeather If you are in the Portland area or willing to drive there, I'm happy to take you out a few times this fall. I hunt the vast majority of the time at Sauvie Island, which has a well-regulated blind reservation process. At most spots, ODFW builds the blinds so you just have to touch...
Doesn't look like there's anything wrong with your account from the back end. I'm not sure what's going on. If it continues for more than a day or so, definitely let us know and we can have the tech team look into it.
Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We'd been out in the field and hadn't noticed anything wrong.
Turns out the email server that was sending the registration confirmations was down. It should be fixed now and several emails went out in bulk just now.
A friend gave me an invite just offshore of the OR coast for coho last week. 4 guys on the boat, limited our 8 fish before 11am, threw back about twice that number that were undersized or wild fish. Had a few fast and furious moments with 4 fish on 4 rods.
I caught my first salmon this year on a Daiwa Fuego CT. For my first baitcaster that was actually used for casting, this has treated me well. I've only seriously backlashed it one time, which I think is a point in its favor. I was looking closely at the Tatula CT and the Shimano SLX and SLX DC...
Elk Talk Live happening again tonight. We're still working around @Big Fin's fishing schedule so we don't have a regular night of the week (sorry @R.K.! We'll get there eventually). I think we're planning for Thursday (6/30) for next week.
Links for tonight:
Fresh Tracks+...
https://www.fpc.org/currentdaily/HistFishTwo_7day-ytd_Adults.htm
195k went over the dam yesterday, and 125k the day before that. Looks like the 10 year average peak time is usually around 6/17-6/23. I haven't tried shad fishing yet but sounds like it can be fun.
Summer Chinook looks like it is...
In my mind the various proposals aim to tackle mostly different parts of gun violence:
Improving the conditions that lead to gun violence, preventing it from ever happening. (Social, economic considerations)
Making it more physically difficult for gun violence to happen (access to weapons...
So far I'm accounting for this year to some good folks willing to show me the ropes as well as a dose of beginner's luck. I'm hoping that I can figure it out enough that in the future I can bring some of my friends along with me and share in the joy of catching these.
I'll really feel like I've...
Posted about the first Chinook I caught from the bank a while back. This has apparently been a very good run for Spring Chinook. The powers that be have given us a bunch of extra fishing days to chase after them. I've caught 3 fish on 6 trips (which everyone tells me is very far from normal). I...
The ones that have been suggested to me are
Bill Monroe - https://billmonroeoutdoors.com/
Ted Teufel - https://profishguide.com/ (might just be coastal)
Bill Taylor - https://ospreyguideadventures.com/
Dave Eng - https://www.fisheng.com/fisheng-guide-service-1
+1 for the suggestions of Tillamook Creamery and Jake's. I've gone crabbing at both Tillamook and Netarts and had fun. I'm not sure if you'll catch many keepers or if they'll be very meaty that time of year, but you should still be able to get crabs in the pots if you just want the experience...