Oregon Fishing News and Info

 Great reference for current Info for all that fish in Oregon.

www.ifish.net

  This site is great! The site is interactive for everyone to share advice and info for current up to date fishing news. You will find photos, videos, a blog section and much more. We here support any and all sites like Ifish.net. The more opportunity's we have of joining together as Sportsmen, the better chance we have of preserving our rights to fish and hunt. When you have a chance check out there site.

Montana Hunters Saftey Coarse

  Montana's program follows the standards established by the International Hunter Education Association.  To purchase a Montana hunting license, any person born after January 1, 1985 must show a certificate of completing a hunter education course.  Hunter education is NOT required if you were born on or prior to January 1, 1985.
 

 A student must be at least 11 years old to become certified in hunter education. This minimum age requirement ensures that the student is mature enough to understand the course material and physically strong enough to handle hunting equipment during class.
  There is no maximum age limit.Any one is welcome to take the course, especially parents who want to accompany their child. Classes are a minimum of 12 hours in length. You must attend all of the sessions and pass a final exam to become certified and a field course typically completes the program.

Any Montana youth 12–17, who completes hunter education, is eligible to receive their FIRST hunting license absolutely free. That's pretty cool why are other states not doing that?

  Ive taken the coarse three times once when I was 12, 2nd time with my two nephews and this time with my daughter. The instructors are all great and for the most part all volunteers. You will enjoy taking the class at least once. Don't forget to wear your hunters orange, in most states its the law for kids under 18 to wear hunter orange when there in the field.

View the online schedule to see when and where a class is being offered in your area. If you can't find what you're looking for please contact FWP regional offices directly.

 TAKE A KID HUNTING OR FISHING THIS YEAR AND MAKE SOME GREAT MEMORY'S THAT LAST A LIFE TIME!
 

Tillamook Bay Oregon Crabbing

First time out this year on Tillamook bay not so good?

Last weekend I took my family out crabbing on Tillamook bay. In the morning the weather was calm and the water was flat. We where starting on the low tide slack and the tide change was going to be around 6.8 from low to high. One would think these conditions would make for great crabbing?

I baited the traps with a combination of fish and some items that had freezer burnt over the previous year back at home. Some beef rib, old trout, left over turkey,sea bass, and ling cod. First trap I dropped in around 35 ft, the others in 20-25ft. All where located at the front of crab harbor. When we pulled the first string lots of little one where found so we started to move things around. After and hour or two of small crab I took three traps and moved them around the corner out on the jetty side. This is were we started picking up larger crab right on the edge of the channel. The current was running but I felt OK with the amount of water exchanging on this tide. Some days you could loose your trap in just a few moments.

After working this area for about two hours we finally got just five keepers. It was not looking good at all. We finally gave up when the nets started coming up empty? It was like a light switch had been thrown, and in the middle of the tide change. I never seen any thing like it! We finally wrap ed it up and headed on in when the rain started and the water started getting choppy.

Please comment if you have any idea why the crabbing would go from hot (pots full) to pots empty in the middle of a in coming tide?

Joseph Oregon elk hunting

2012 elk hunting Joseph Oregon this year was very good to those looking for that trophy bull. This was the 2nd year in a row for a very successful hunt for my brother in law Bryon. 
 After years of endless long days, wet, cold, and expensive week long trips, hes finally starting to show some results. Each time he would go there was a little learning lesson.
 In this game we call elk hunting there is a very long learning curve. Elk are not stupid!
 Most times the animals know we are there long before we even leave our camp to hunt. Noise, Smells, and some even think they just know what time of year it is? Not sure about that one, but no matter what elk are not shy about just up and disappearing when its there hunting season.
 Bryon has try ed a number of items but believes in using scent free soaps, laundry and body. Vac seal clothes until your ready to hunt, and when you get back to camp seal them back up. Elk like every other living thing are also creatures of habit and that's where the long learning curve comes in.
 Some of us have more time than others and can spent more time in the field learning these habits. If your time is limited you should devote your time to one unit. Hunt that unit year after year until you understand what the animals feeding, and sleeping habits are. 
 I leave Thanksgiving week on a cow hunt and am looking forward to using some of the tidbits of knowledge Bryon has given me. Good luck to all this year, Congratulations AGAIN Bryon!