NorthWest Kayak Anglers
Kayak Fishing => Heroes On the Water => Heroes On the Water - Portland Chapter => Topic started by: Ling Banger on April 14, 2019, 02:27:08 PM
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Time again for our annual sturgeon trip on April 27th at Swan Island Boat Basin ramp. We could use some on the water fishing coaches to keep the participants safe and help find the fish.
Volunteers should arrive at the Swan Island Boat Basin ramp at 7:30am. We'll wrap things up at 3:00pm. Lunch will be tacos!
Thanks from HOW Portland.
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I'm always in on this one, I'll be there with bells on.
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I'm always in on this one, I'll be there with bells on.
Sweet! Thanks bro.
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Count me in
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Count me in
Who da man? You da man!
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This sounds like fun! I just recently got weekends off so i'm thinking about going down that way if it's an open invite. I have never fished for sturgeon but have a lot of ocean fishing experience for lings, hali and salmon. The gear seems pretty basic and from what i understand sturgeon will bite about any chunk of meat lol. I do have a couple questions though. Is retention allowed during this trip and what bait do you recommend?
Best regards,
Jake
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This sounds like fun! I just recently got weekends off so i'm thinking about going down that way if it's an open invite. I have never fished for sturgeon but have a lot of ocean fishing experience for lings, hali and salmon. The gear seems pretty basic and from what i understand sturgeon will bite about any chunk of meat lol. I do have a couple questions though. Is retention allowed during this trip and what bait do you recommend?
Best regards,
Jake
We'd love to have you Jake. Bring a VHF if you have one so all the volunteers can stay in contact.
They'll usually hit squid, herring or sand shrimp. Reports from last month said the fish were kind of few and far between. Hopefully with the river near flood stage it pushed them up in the backwaters..
Anthony
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I am totally in! I work at Vigor who owns all the dry docks and piers at the end of Swan Island and if the fish aren’t biting I can explain what all that stuff is to pass the time.
Anything y’all need? I might be able to rally an extra Hobie and some gear that might be a bit on the light side (heavy salmon gear)
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I am totally in! I work at Vigor who owns all the dry docks and piers at the end of Swan Island and if the fish aren’t biting I can explain what all that stuff is to pass the time.
Anything y’all need? I might be able to rally an extra Hobie and some gear that might be a bit on the light side (heavy salmon gear)
Awesome! Yes if you want to bring an extra kayak that would be great. Right now we have 13 signed up for 12 kayaks. If someone no-shows we can lock it up in our chapter trailer while we are out on the water. I think we are good on rods for the participants.
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This sounds like fun! I just recently got weekends off so i'm thinking about going down that way if it's an open invite. I have never fished for sturgeon but have a lot of ocean fishing experience for lings, hali and salmon. The gear seems pretty basic and from what i understand sturgeon will bite about any chunk of meat lol. I do have a couple questions though. Is retention allowed during this trip and what bait do you recommend?
Best regards,
Jake
Retention is not allowed and it is frowned upon to pull them out of the water. If they are over-sized it is illegal to pull them out of the water. It is a fun event. I may be able to help.
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I may be able to help again too.
Questions though...
How can we help get more veterans involved?
Do veterans need to be members of HOW to participate?
If I have an extra yak and all gear needed and know a veteran that wants to fish, can I just bring him along or is there a process we/he needs to follow?
Thanks.
Craig (the other Craig)
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I may be able to help again too.
Questions though...
How can we help get more veterans involved?
Do veterans need to be members of HOW to participate?
If I have an extra yak and all gear needed and know a veteran that wants to fish, can I just bring him along or is there a process we/he needs to follow?
Thanks.
Craig (the other Craig)
Bring your friend along with you, we'd love to have you both.
There's no membership, just an invitation list. To receive invites have interested folks send an email to:
Portland Chapter - portland@heroesonthewater.org
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North Oregon Coast Chapter - northcoastor@heroesonthewater.org
Just confirm your coming when you get your plans together so we can adjust the count for lunch, bait , etc.
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How many F'n Craigs do we have around here? I lived a majority of my life never knowing another of these magnificent creatures (it was lonely) then I get on NWKA and found I can't swing a dead cat without hitting one. ;)
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I may be able to help again too.
Questions though...
How can we help get more veterans involved?
Do veterans need to be members of HOW to participate?
If I have an extra yak and all gear needed and know a veteran that wants to fish, can I just bring him along or is there a process we/he needs to follow?
Thanks.
Craig (the other Craig)
and if you really want to get your buddy stoked to get out there fishing with us then head over to the following Facebook pages to see some pics and video from past events. You can also get your tickets to our events right from Facebook.
Portland Chapter (https://www.facebook.com/HeroesOnTheWaterPortlandOr/)
North Oregon Coast Chapter (https://www.facebook.com/HOWNOC/)
We do our best to make sure our events are on different days so you can attend events from both if you want.
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How many F'n Craigs do we have around here? I lived a majority of my life never knowing another of these magnificent creatures (it was lonely) then I get on NWKA and found I can't swing a dead cat without hitting one. ;)
Quite swinging dead cats and start swinging dead salmon, maybe the other Craig’s won’t want to fish with you if your mean and rub it in there faces! >:D
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Anthony, I think I forgot to let you know, but I will be there on Saturday. Also, let me know if you need any assistance this week to get the trailer ready...
-Sam (though thinking about changing my name to Kraig - always thought that would be nice and unique)
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Anthony, I think I forgot to let you know, but I will be there on Saturday. Also, let me know if you need any assistance this week to get the trailer ready...
-Sam (though thinking about changing my name to Kraig - always thought that would be nice and unique)
Well if Kraig is going, I am definitely there.
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Well if Kraig (aka Sam) and Craig are going, then I am definitely in! I might change my name to Chris though, because that's usually what I get called anyway.
See ya'll Saturday!
-Craig (No, not that Craig. Not that one either. Nope, the other one.)
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Well we've had an unusually high number of Vets cancel their plans to come out and fish, but we're still on for tomorrow for the ones that will be there. One guy had to have his gall bladder removed (yikes).
See ya at 7:30am.
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I got a replacement drive for my Titan this afternoon. I want to go. Not sure what stuff I need to bring. What weights and hooks and bait? Also need location and time please.
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I got a replacement drive for my Titan this afternoon. I want to go. Not sure what stuff I need to bring. What weights and hooks and bait? Also need location and time please.
0830 at Swan Island boat basin ramp. We have lots of tackle and bait.
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Awesome, I'll be there!!!
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7:30 or 8:30? I just want to be sure. Can I invite a vet I know to replace a cancellation?
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I got a replacement drive for my Titan this afternoon. I want to go. Not sure what stuff I need to bring. What weights and hooks and bait? Also need location and time please.
Glad you got your replacement drive D. :banjo:
Brandon and I will be there in the AM.
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7:30 or 8:30? I just want to be sure. Can I invite a vet I know to replace a cancellation?
Yeah bring a guest. 7:30 for volunteers.
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Anthony, once again this was a great gathering and a fun day! Fun people, quite a few fish, and lots of smiles. I imagine it's a lot of work but you do a great job. Thanks for letting me be a part of it again.
-Craig
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Anthony, once again this was a great gathering and a fun day! Fun people, quite a few fish, and lots of smiles. I imagine it's a lot of work but you do a great job. Thanks for letting me be a part of it again.
-Craig
Thanks to everybody for coming out to help, and thanks to Scott for the killer tacos. It was too bad we had so many participants cancel last minute. What to do about that IDK? :dontknow:
Next one is June 9th at Battleground Lake with the Vancouver VA group.