The Cape Disappointment Dungie Tournament & Crab feast

anyone need a partner?

How is the current in the area we're launching from?  Will we need to add weight to our traps?

No matter where weights are always a good idea.  I will defer to the locals who know this spot better for more detail.

I regularly weigh my crab traps down with 5#'s. A little lighter might be ok but with 5#'s you know you'll have a trap to come back to.

Z

anyone need a partner?

Guys and gal,
OK, since I'm not getting any takers on a partner, what are the rules for a team of 1 instead of 2? Shame on me for waiting so late to commit for this weekend.  I just want to make sure I'll be able to participate before I drive my family out there. Crab feast would be killer and all, but you know what I mean?

If we can't get the numbers we need for teams we'll go inividual. We'll make the decision day of. Either way this things gonna go down!

Z

Jammer, there's a few folks in the other thread that need partners.


Zee:  If it changes from teams to solo, will the price be twenty per person or ten since it's twenty per team right now?

Jammer

I just signed up and can partner up with you, if thats OK.

Scott

Zee:  If it changes from teams to solo, will the price be twenty per person or ten since it's twenty per team right now?

Si.

I was out there yesterday, and according to the forcasts, Saturdays currents should be faster than they were yesterday. 

I got away without any weight yesterday, but I'm planning on changing that come saturday.



PS: Has ANYONE launched from here before? Its a royal PITA.  Take your time and lets not twist any ankles!

Things have changed quite a bit since the Google Map photo, but the Bing Map is spot on. There is a solid pathway from the parking lot, across the street, past the new bathrooms and to the beach.  Once at the Waikiki Beach edge, the pathstops.  There is a sandy switchbacked trail lined by driftwood.  Once that is cleared, you're good to go.  Once on the beach, it made a great place to practice and learn surf launches. 

There are concessions up in the parking lot too!  One trailer making burgers and cheesesteaks, and another doing pizza.

This shouldn't affect us a whole lot, but everyone should be aware of it.

Projects restrict fishing on Columbia jetty,
hunting on North Fork Toutle mudflow

OLYMPIA - Public access to a jetty used for fishing at the mouth of the Columbia River and a hunting area below Mount St. Helens will be closed through September during sediment-management projects now under way by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 

At the mouth of the Columbia River, the North Jetty and Benson Beach have been closed to public access since July 17, when work began on a project to reinforce beaches ravaged by winter storms.

Meanwhile, more than a thousand acres of land above the Corps’ Sediment Retention Structure on the North Fork Toutle River have been closed to public access for a project designed to trap sediment on the mountain before it gets carried down the river. 

Both projects have been publicized by the Corps, but resource managers at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) want to make sure anglers, hunters and hikers understand what those area closures will mean to them.

"We don’t want people to be surprised if they see ‘restricted access’ signs in their favorite recreational areas," said Guy Norman, WDFW regional director for southwest Washington. "Those access closures take precedence over the fishing or hunting rules in those areas." 

In most years, the North Jetty gets the heaviest use by anglers during the popular Buoy 10 salmon fishery, which extends from the mouth of the Columbia River 16 miles upstream. This year, that fishery gets under way Aug. 1. 

"The North Jetty provides the only real bank access to salmon fishing in that area, so bank anglers will need to make other plans," said Pat Frazier, WDFW regional fish manager. "The timing of the closure is unfortunate, but public safety has to be the Corps’ first priority."

The jetty also provides access to fishing for crab, rockfish, lingcod and surf perch, although anglers can catch surf perch along the entire Long Beach Peninsula, Frazier said.

A map of the area affected by beach reconstruction is available on the Corps’ website at http://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/North_Jetty_Security_Zone.pdf . 

Fishing is not an issue in the construction zone along the North Fork Toutle River, but hunting is, said Brian Calkins, who manages WDFW’s St. Helens Wildlife Area. Fishing is prohibited year-round in that section of the river, but the area will open to bowhunting in early September before the access restrictions are lifted later that month.

Calkins said the construction zone straddles two game management areas - Toutle and Margaret - upriver from the Corps’ existing Sediment Retention Structure on land acquired by WDFW last year as fish and wildlife habitat.

"The area closed to public access is just a small fraction of the Toutle and Margaret game management areas," Calkins said.  "We urge hunters and other visitors to that area to stay out of the construction zone - both for their own safety and for the safety of the workers in that area."

Additional information about the sediment-management project, including a map showing the location of the restricted-access area, is available on the Corps’ website at http://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/projects/mountsthelens.asp . 

Where, exactly, is the launch at? Can someone please provide cross streets, GPS coordinates, or some way for me to locate from online maps? Thanks!

Waikiki Beach, inside the State Park from what I understand.

Where, exactly, is the launch at? Can someone please provide cross streets, GPS coordinates, or some way for me to locate from online maps? Thanks!

Thanks, Spot, for the map. 

Here's the rules fresh from the WDFW:

"When angling from a boat in the concurrent waters of the Columbia River or the Pacific Ocean within 3 miles of shore between Cape Falcon, Oregon, and Leadbetter Point, Washington, either a Washington or an Oregon fishing license is valid.” This reciprocity extends to harvesting shellfish (crab) as well as fin fish (salmon). Anglers must comply with the laws of the state in which they are fishing, however, you may launch and/or land a boat from either side."

So no special license for OR entrants.

BTW weather's looking good for the tournament w/ sun and 73 forecast. Swell is looking pretty good as well coming from the NW which should be mostly blocked by the jetty.

Z