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Fisheries and their Habitats for Today and the Future”

March 2015

This Month: Guest Speaker: Jeremy Toman – Toman’s Hunting & Fishing

http://www.tomanshunting.com/Oregon-Fishing.htm

Tuesday, 10th

@ 7:00 pm, Chehalem Senior Center - 101 W. Foothills Drive. Newberg, Oregon 97132

Jeremy said he will bring some new products to share at the meeting

OFFICERS President Bob Askey 503-201-5330 BobAskey@comcast.net Co-President Carl Patrick 503-545-1326 cdpatr@gmail.com Secretary/Recorder Mark Grier 971-279-3382 cell thegrierzoo@comcast.net Treasurer Carl Patrick 503-545-1326 cdpatr@gmail.com

DIRECTORS

Membership Vacant Currently Door Prizes Carl Patrick and Arlene Askey Newsletter Bob Askey 503-201-5330 BobAskey@comcast.net Past President Mark Grier 971-279-3382 cell thegrierzoo@comcast.net

CALENDAR

April 14, 2015 Tue Meeting

9th

distribute Newsletter

1st

of next month articles due

May 12, 2015 Tue Meeting

8th

distribute Newsletter

1st

of next month articles due

http://www.columbian.com/news/2015/feb/28/outdoors-survey-marine-mammals-lower-columbia/

Sea Lions Taking Larger Numbers Of Spring Chinook (45 Percent?) From Lower Columbia River http://www.cbbulletin.com/432587.aspx

*Carl Patrick has been selling tickets at Newberg Wilco Carl, Dave Conser and others have been selling tickets at the Newberg Wilco Tuesday and Saturdays. Have done pretty good with just about every day selling close to $100 or more.

*SANDY RIVER

SMELT Season

Open for smelt dipping Saturday, March 7 and Sunday, March 15, from 6 a.m. until noon.

Bank only fishing, restricted to dip nets, and bag limit is 10 pounds per person.

Anglers do not need a license to harvest smelt.

Note it is illegal to have any Smelt in your possession before or after the season. People have been picking them up off the bank along the Columbia, Cowlitz and Sandy and if caught ticketed.

Each dip-netter may retain 10 pounds of smelt (about ¼ of a five-gallon bucket) per day, with no more than one day’s limit in possession.

Mar 10, 2015 Tue Meeting

4th

distribute Newsletter

1st

of next month articles

This is really going to cut our Spring Chinook run at an estimated 45%! Makes you wonder why McKenzie Fly Casters are suing the state to close a hatchery. Most of the wild Spring Chinook at being ate at the falls. That is where their focus should be. Sea Lions on the Willamette River at Willamette Falls have been taking around 40% maybe more of the run every year. More salmon and Steelhead are being eaten all through the Columbia and tributaries.

*Survey tallied 7,500 marine mammals in lower Columbia

From the latest Northwest Steelheaders E-Newsletter:

Join us April 11 for Salmon Quest, where teams of two anglers and

their guide compete for awards and the coveted winners' jackets! Fish

a full day with a professional guide or host and finish the day with a

silent auction and Awards Dinner at the Portland Airport Holiday Inn,

8439 NE Columbia Boulevard.

Salmon Quest is a way to enjoy a day of fishing and give back to the

resource at the same time. Proceeds from past Quests have been used

to purchase a freezer trailer to store hatchery salmon carcasses until

volunteers can distribute them into local rivers to provide nutrients for

fish and wildlife. Thanks, past Quest anglers!

Special thanks, too, to this year's Quest sponsors: Dick's Sporting

Goods, Cabela's, Fisherman's Marine & Outdoor, Yakutat Lodge,

ClackaCraft Drift Boats, D&G Bait, Inc., Toman's King Camp, Alten Sakai

& Company, Lamiglas, Plano, and Stevens Marine.

Don't miss out on the fun of Salmon Quest--register now!

The Association website is currently not available. The site is being

redesigned and protected.

http://reedsrodwraps4u.weebly.com/

Terry who owns Hess Creek Boat Works is offering NW Steelheader members a discount on

a Starting battery. Group 24 1,000 Marine Cranking Amps for $84.00 (normally $119.00)

with exchange of old battery. This is a High Quality Maintenance Free Battery.

Terry will also offer a 5% over cost on all other battery types such as Truck, car, RV and

more with exchange of old battery. He can order and in most cases have your battery

within a week. He said you would save roughly $30.00 compared to local stores.

If you want it installed for a fee he will clean the battery terminals and install your battery.

“Take a Soldier Fishing” Got a message asking for Newberg Steelheaders to participate in

this event.

*Doug said he would be at our March 10 meeting and give a short notice of this event.

Message I got:

Good morning,

I'm involve in the program Take a Soldier Fishing. I would like to present a opportunity for

some of the NW Steelheaders to be a part of the event this year May 16 at Hagg Lake.

I live in Newberg and would be happy to arrange a talk at your meeting March 10. We need

guys with boats willing to take veterans out for the day.

I think other Steelheader chapters have been involved in past years. I'm not sure if Newberg

was one of them but if not this is a fun day to give back to our vets.

Thanks,

Doug 971-264-4618

The website http://www.takeasoldierfishing.org/ is now available to accept boater and

volunteer registrations for the next Hagg Lake event on Saturday, May 16, 2015.

• Web Links of Interest:

Knot Tying examples. Had this in the newsletter in the past:

http://www.netknots.com/fishing_knots/

This web site has a page that you can pick out different rivers to look at current levels.

http://www.steelheadstalkers.com/river_levels.htm

Newberg Chapter has a WebPage! You can check past newsletters, links

to Association webpage join and donate links: http://nwsteelheadersnewberg.wordpress.com/

Another way to determine species of salmon:

Reeds

Rod

Wraps

donated

20 Rod

Wraps.

Still have

some to

put in

our

raffle.

OxyClean Versatile

Stain remover. Have used it last

two years to clean the floor of

our Alumaweld boat. Works

great. Add to water follow

directions. We use an old

broom to work it into the floor.

Let stand and wash off. It is

Biodegradable. Doesn’t leave

any bad odors that fish don’t

like.

Email: hesscreek@yahoo.com

Phone :503-554-1113

Address :

8970 N.E. Dog Ridge Road

Newberg, Oregon 97132

http://www.hesscreekboatworks.com/

March 2015 Only Sale

Sponsors:

Guest Speaker: http://www.gooddayfishing.com/gdf/ Samples for Members: HTTP://www.snobaitco.com

Derek Clare http://www.getreelfish.com/ Call:503-539-5201

http://abettercatchguideservice.com/ Call: 425-533-1785 http://www.RiverCreekRods.com/ Call: 360-831-4907

Guest Speaker: http://www.riverborneoutfitters.com Mike@salmonspinners.net http://shop.absoluteanglingproducts.com/main.sc

Phil Pirone Guest Speaker http://www.Pro-Cure.com

Guide: Damon Struble http://www.nomadsfishingadventu

res.com/

(541) 619-5671

email: nomadsfishing@comcast.net

Webpage: http://www.stlaurentguideservice.com

Reeds Rod Wraps

Webpage: http://reedsrodwraps4u.weebly.com/

Confirmed Guest Speakers:

March 10 - Jeremy Toman – talk about Spring Chinook Fishing

April 14 – JT Shortbus Flashers – JT has a great wealth of

information on selecting the right flasher color or even no flasher

is better for some situations.

May 12 – Derek Clare – Techniques for Spring Chinook. How he

is catching them and what he is using.

June 9 – Paul Ambrose – Summer Steelhead Fishing Columbia

River. Paul did an excellent Columbia river Summer Steelhead

seminar May 2014 meeting.

Sept 8 – Nates Baits

No Meeting July and August

*Start Meetings After Break - Tuesday September 8, 2015

Meetup Website Helps Bring New and Experienced

Anglers Together

If you’re a member of the Northwest Steelheaders, please take a moment to check out a new website that our organization supports. You can even sign up to become a member yourself! It’s easy, and membership is free. The web address is: http://www.meetup.com/NW-Steelheading-Group/ New Links of Possible Interest: Ethanol Free Gas Oregon – Noticed Reid Rental here in Newberg has Ethanol free gas: http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=OR Yakima Bait Company MagLip Plug Colors - Buzz Ramsey shows some colors and basic methods to picking colors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zexzF6gduT8 FBR Salmon Trolling Bait holder - sold at Bi-Mart and other sporting goods. Underwater salmon Trolling wild Action GoPro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phuENXNGDG0 Frugal Fisherman: Episode 3 - A Complete Guide to Canning Salmon at Home 25 minutes long: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofq2-_pe4is "Steelhead Plug Fishing" with Day One Outdoors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzloNxfb3c0 Oregon Angler with Disabilities Site Map https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zeE1L8gPP2EA.kM43k44ArJ4Y Plugging for Upper Columbia Steelhead Heavy Bead used in front of a plug. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6loRFkGvoPY

From Doug Briggs: In an outreach to all the Chapters, we offer this information in the hopes you find

it useful, share it with your constituency and encourage their participation.

We further challenge you to get involved in these events that financially support our mission

statement. Get involved on any level of planning, volunteering and / or participating.

The following Event dates are established.

Please Mark your Calendar, accordingly

Salmon Quest 2015 April 11th $250 w/Guide, Boat, Dinner &

Auction

Sandy River Chapter / Auction May 6th Dinner $12, Auction Free

Sandy River Spring Classic June 6th Tournament $65

Sandy River Fish Along Sept 18TH – 19tH Tillamook Fairgrounds $75

Lodging & All Meals

SHOT Tournament Oct 15th thru 17th Tillamook Fairgrounds $90

Banquet, Awards, Silent

Auction & Door Prizes

ANWS Hall of Fame Banquet / Auction Nov 14th New Venue, Better Games & More Fun

*Holiday Inn Wilsonville, Oregon

Doug Briggs - Sandy River Chapter ANWS 503-729-2023 fish4doug@aol.com

More Links to Interesting Information:

"Salmon How-To" | Rigging Flasher & Prawn Spinner for Spring Chinook

Guide: Cameron Black

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkV8mFGQiM

Non Slip Loop - Shown on Outdoor GPS. Owin said it works great for Shad

http://www.netknots.com/fishing_knots/non-slip-loop-knot/

USGS - The whole list:

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/or/nwis/current/?type=flow

Yakima Baits - Great Idea Using a Maglip 3.5 or 4.5 with Another Lure.

Probably rig up for Summer Steelhead would work great too. Video they are catching

Walleye.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orubwPKQgF0&feature=player_detailpage

Yakima Fish Flash Combined with Yakima Hammer Time Crawler Harness is a Walleye

Killer!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix-XvoZ6whQ

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Don’t Eat Farmed Salmon: Have thought about this for sometime and found this

information the other day.

Farmed Salmon

Although fish sounds like one of the healthiest foods possible, farmed salmon is one you

should avoid. Unfortunately, more than 60 percent of the salmon consumed in the USA is

farm raised.

These fish are fed unnatural diets and are contaminated with chemicals, antibiotics,

pesticides, and other known carcinogens. They live in very crowded conditions which

results in these fish having 30 times the number of sea lice than wild salmon. (Doesn’t that

sound appetizing?) Farmed salmon are fed chemicals to make their meat that reddish pink

color that should occur naturally but doesn’t because of the diet of chicken litter that they

are fed.

Also, due to their diet, they have less of the healthy omega-3 that we think we are getting

when we consume fish. Studies have also shown that farmed salmon contain high levels of

PCB’s, mercury, and cancer causing dioxins. Avoid farmed salmon and buy it canned or

look for labels in your market that state the fish you are buying is wild salmon.

Item of Interest: Plunkers or any situation that requires watching or

knowing when there is a strike. Relax and sit back without watching your

pole every second.

http://mybitebuddy.com/works

First heard about

this gadget on

Outdoor GPS.

It connects to your pole

and sends alerts to your

cell phone. Can be

adjusted for wind and

other situations that move

the pole. Replace the bell

ringer when it is windy.

Lets you know when your

pole gets a strike.

App available for iPhone

and Android.

http://NWSteelheaders.org Association website is currently not available. A Sandy Chapter

member who does professional websites is working on it. The new improved site should be

available soon. A notice will be sent out as soon as the website is up and running.

Facebook: Newberg Steelheaders - Logon to Facebook and search for Newberg Steelheaders

Newberg Steelheaders Web Page - Word Press Web Page: http://NWSteelheadersNewberg.wordpress.com/ *View all our previous newsletters from this web page plus meeting information. Click heading “Newsletter”

Association of Northwest Steelheaders 6641 SE Lake Road

Milwaukie, OR 97222-2161

www.nwsteelheaders.org (503)653-4176

“Anglers Dedicated to Enhancing and Protecting Fisheries and their Habitats for Today and the Future.”

Newsletter Information

Send your stories and pictures for the newsletter to:

Bob Askey

E-mail: NewbergSteelheaders@yahoo.com Phone: (503) 201-5330

Submitting a picture that is used in the newsletter

will get you a free raffle ticket!

Remember: This is YOUR Association! YOUR help is GREATLY appreciated!

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