BentRod
6/5/2014 10:44:00 AMSorry it's led to such frustration. Have you not caught one fish out of that river in all the attempts you've made?
tluedeke
6/5/2014 2:34:00 PMSorry about this post, I was extremely frustrated, and should have cooled down before posting.
BentRod, I've caught channel cats in the Snake, but not in the Yakima.
BentRod, I've caught channel cats in the Snake, but not in the Yakima.
OffThaHook
6/5/2014 3:51:00 PMThe best bait is sucker fish with a 2 oz cannon ball. i camp at horn rapids damn every year with plenty of success. The current can be annoying sometimes but with a 2 oz cannon ball it usually holds up.
Relaxing on a lake/river with a pole in the water on a nice day is never annoying or frustrating. Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose, that's what makes it fun.
But anyways sucker fish with a 2 oz cannon never fails for me, i just got back from camping there in may and i got a couple nice cats, still really slow though. best time to go is early July. i usually get my sucker fish from the Columbia.
Relaxing on a lake/river with a pole in the water on a nice day is never annoying or frustrating. Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose, that's what makes it fun.
But anyways sucker fish with a 2 oz cannon never fails for me, i just got back from camping there in may and i got a couple nice cats, still really slow though. best time to go is early July. i usually get my sucker fish from the Columbia.
OffThaHook
6/5/2014 3:55:00 PMOh yeah by the way, i camp just above the horn rapids dam. Anywhere above the dam within a mile usually produces cat fish. I have never fished below the dam.
tluedeke
6/5/2014 10:44:00 PMI had a 4 oz cannon ball, and it certainly held it to the bottom. But the buildup of grass sweeping downstream and accumulating on my line caused problems, and eventually when I tried to bring it in to clear it, I'd lost my rig on the bottom. I can't afford to lose 4 oz cannon balls every 15 minutes.
I've also tried what I think amounts to a steelhead rig - a drop weight of 2 oz or so of slinky weights, bounced off the bottom, with a spinner or bait below. All that does is make me lose everything below the slinky weight rig (either the spinner on the rocks, or the bait getting torn off because of the current), and even if it doesn't, I wouldn't notice a bite from a bounce off the rocks.
I've also tried what I think amounts to a steelhead rig - a drop weight of 2 oz or so of slinky weights, bounced off the bottom, with a spinner or bait below. All that does is make me lose everything below the slinky weight rig (either the spinner on the rocks, or the bait getting torn off because of the current), and even if it doesn't, I wouldn't notice a bite from a bounce off the rocks.
tluedeke
6/6/2014 7:00:00 PMGod I wish they'd remove this review. It is embarrassing, given my complete lack of self-control....
dalealan2011
6/11/2015 2:19:00 PMTo fish for Cats below Horn Rapids Dam without getting snagged up is to either fish with very little weight such as a slip weight or no weight at all and wade the river where you can. Used to catch quite a few on the West side of the river before it was closed off. We used to use Night Crawlers and found that to be better then most bates..