New Member From Washington State

[Wayne SW/MO]

Actually -- it's Three Sisters.

The town is Sisters, the three are the peaks. It's west of Redmond. The Metolious is right there, Camp Sherman is is the town, and the Deschutes and McKenzie near. The McKenzie is the origin of the drift boat. You should take him up on it. The native wild redbands are special and the bull trout in the Metolious big.

I lived about 25-30 miles east of Sisters.

[Wayne SW/MO]

Mic are those the Bureau of Reclamation lakes? I know there were some nice size lakes on private land built by that agency in Oklahoma.

[mic]

I don't think so. They are one to ten acre ponds that the city or county built after the flood. Some are even grass fields that only hold water after a heavy rain.

Mic are those the Bureau of Reclamation lakes? I know there were some nice size lakes on private land built by that agency in Oklahoma.

[Quillback]

orgeon has some aweomse fishing grounds! i love fishing the columbia river, especially when the kings run, google sauvie island, take a canoe out there and have some fun!

i love the oregon coast, my friend lives in astoria (goonies) great fishing out there and great sturgeon fishing. but this is the last year for sturgeon, they are permently shutting it down, the natives and commercials oblitterated the species with nets so it needs to rebuild, both stats said they have no intention of opening it for a long long long time.....

They're shutting down the Columbia for sturgeon? Say it ain't so.

[Phil Lilley]

Parsons is my old stomping grounds. Cut my teeth on McKinley, Parsons, Grand Lakes and countless farm ponds around the area. Didn't get over to the pits much.

Big Hill Res. is just west of town. It was built after I left the area so I don't know much about if. Supposed to be a good bass lake with lots of structure left in the lake.

I have a couple of good buddies that I bet would take you to a few places when you arrive in town. The Neosho River at Chepota is a good hybrid/white bass/catfish place at various times of the year and he fishes that often. Kelly is on the forum so he may jump in on this topic.

Grand Lake is another good lake a short drive away.

[Bushmanj85]

They're shutting down the Columbia for sturgeon? Say it ain't so.

yup.......CCA and lots of groups tried to help lobby for it to keep it open, but commercials and natives just messed it up......but of course the natives still are able to fish it indefintly.....total sham if you ask me.

Parsons is my old stomping grounds. Cut my teeth on McKinley, Parsons, Grand Lakes and countless farm ponds around the area. Didn't get over to the pits much.

Big Hill Res. is just west of town. It was built after I left the area so I don't know much about if. Supposed to be a good bass lake with lots of structure left in the lake.

I have a couple of good buddies that I bet would take you to a few places when you arrive in town. The Neosho River at Chepota is a good hybrid/white bass/catfish place at various times of the year and he fishes that often. Kelly is on the forum so he may jump in on this topic.

Grand Lake is another good lake a short drive away.

thats awesome I will for sure have to check out the Neosho river. I should be in town janruary if i dont get a job by then just to visit the spouse. I wouldnt mind getting back into bass fishing. I have been looking at bait caster reels for the first time in a decade lol.

[Wayne SW/MO]

......but of course the natives still are able to fish it indefintly.....total sham if you ask me.

Yes it is. The idea that it is traditional is bull also. They didn't have outboards or paved roads to sell salmon out of the back of a truck traditionally either.

[Quillback]

yup.......CCA and lots of groups tried to help lobby for it to keep it open, but commercials and natives just messed it up......but of course the natives still are able to fish it indefintly.....total sham if you ask me.

thats awesome I will for sure have to check out the Neosho river. I should be in town janruary if i dont get a job by then just to visit the spouse. I wouldnt mind getting back into bass fishing. I have been looking at bait caster reels for the first time in a decade lol.

I used to fish sturgeon a couple of times a year in the late winter/early spring. Launch out of Kalama and go up river a couple of miles past the island and anchor on the upstream side of the end of the island where the channel split. A good day with me and another person or two would be 30-40 sturgeon with maybe 2-3 keeper sized. River smelt was always the best bait. This was in the early nineties when there was still a smelt run (they are now gone also).

[chambug]

Taneycomo in Branson, Mo is a very good trout river/lake. Give it a try....I'm sure you will like it. Get more info from Phil Lilley.

[rps]

Just south of you, in Oklahoma, check out Oolagah Lake. It is excellent for really big bass and some walleye. The Neosho River, one of the tributaries of Grand Lake mentioned above, runs near you, and you won't be far from Shoal Creek.