Quite right.....

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Thanks for the info. #16's huh ? That's fairly big...cool.
Glad that you had such a great trip !

Aaahh...the North Umpqua, I presume.
Some of the best pics I have seen of steelies, come from there. Have a friend that caught a 22+lbr on the N. Umpqua.
Great pics and thanks for sharing a bit of why I moved to Oregon 40yrs ago....ain't no fish like that, nor background scenery as beautiful, in my previous home state of Kansas/KCMo area.

How were you fishing, gear-wise ? Drifting weighted big-ish soft beads with an 8wt fly rod has been working down here on the Rogue. As has Bobber-doggin with bait, spinners, and wet flies or beads. Heard of one that was pulling small Flatfish plugs, and another that was side-drifting worms from the bank. But that was before we had all this rain lately. Bank full and then some !
Always interesting to check out the various methods used. TIA for letting us know how you were rigged up.

Uuuuuh....your links to open only connect to "Samsung Health"....have a Samsung phone, should I be worried about its "health"...lol

I was hoping to see some "fishy water", Hat Creek is a marvelous fishery that is just south of me, across the border in northern Cali. Have only fished it 3
times in my 40yrs in this area. Calender-photo-worthy views and water, at every turn. Good luck to you, & sorry that I don't know the surrounding area well enough to make any suggestions of other water,except the Trinity.
(Have yet to catch or even hook up on the Trinity, but who cares ?...the surroundings were the treat !)

Good luck....hope your "Samsung" gets "healthy"...hehehe

Michael Learned was/is(?) a female.....not the other way round.

Names do not necessarily denote gender, ever. And often throughout history, switch genders, popularity-wise.
Examples....

Ashley Wilkes was Scarlett O'Hara's beau in Gone with the Wind.

The football player Jason Kelce has 3 daughters...named Wyatt, Elliot, & Bennett.

And...hehehe...my ex-father-in-law was named after his father, though not a "junior" as they had different middle names...Shirley Bryce **** & the son was Shirley Lee ****.

Never judge a book by its cover or title.


My answer is that possibly it was "John Wayne".....whose real first name was Marion.

Try adding some cornstarch maybe ...?? Or possibly let it "dry out" a bit before putting in a jar or what have you...??
My experience has been that "fresh" Powerbait doesn't cling or stay on, nearly as long as my jars from "last season" that become almost hard to form around the hook. Still stinks, still catch trout....plus, I just hate to let ANYTHING go to waste...lol.
Good luck !

So...who's on first ?...hehehe

Hilariously confusing post y'all got going here. Hope you can figure out this international cluster---- at some point in time.

I'd have skinned that beaver out including the tail with it, left the carcass for the scavengers and tanned it. Great fur on those toothy fellows.

"the Sportsman's friend"....watched him religiously every Saturday at 5pm on WIBW (CBS) out of Topeka, from the time my family got a TV in about 1957 until ...???...college days ???
Always a positive and informative show, whether fishing or hunting quail or pheasant, whatever. Great guy.

👍...totally forgot about the fact that trolling a "muddler" (black works well for me) is a great lure to use behind a flasher.
Also forgot to mention that there is also now a "stick" scent for hard baits like flatfish or even spoons (heck...put some on the flasher !). Comes in a container like a small deodorant...wax that you rub on...called "Baitwax". Several scents, I like the shrimp "flavor".

Had to put "affordable"...AND "QUALITY" in there, didn't you ?....lol

I am considering using a collapsible wagon from Harbor Freight and retrofitting WIDER WIDTH WHEELS on it for the sand. Have yet to do so, but first need to find "affordable" wide wheels. Almost considering gluing something (?) to widen the wheels that come on it.
You don't give a definitive to what you consider "affordable", but there are many, many beach carts out there that run less than $200-$250 or less. Check ebay and Amazon, as well as the usual suspects like Bass Pro.

Not sure why you would "beat it up for sure"....hmmm.

Don't know your area or the lake, but "trolling with Powerbait" is akin to putting a spinner like a Panther Martin under a bobber, flinging it out, and hoping for success.
Not at all what it was created for.
The only apparatus that employs Powerbait, in regards to trolling, is a "cage-type" spinner lure that Berkeley came out with a decade or so ago, that you fill. I eagerly bought a few...zero luck catching with it....don't even see them on the shelves any longer....others must have experienced what I did.
Try the Powerbait with the normal small(#14-#18) treble hook encased with Powerbait using a small (1/4-1/2oz) sliding weight/with stopper at about 18"-24" above it. Bring line taut(but not snagged at all) and merely wait for the rod tip to wiggle....that's a trout trying for his/her dinner.
Trolling for trout is great, but something flashy or small-fish-like (aforementioned Panther Martins, smallish Flatfish, Roostertails, Rapalas, etc.) is going to be a better choice. A 2-hook "worm rig" is also deadly, being trolled. Especially if you use a "flasher" or "Ford Fender" or "Willow bladed" trolling rig a foot or even three, in front as an attractant.
I usually spice up whatever I am using with scent if possible. The gel type sticks to Rapalas etc. quite well, and there's now "water soluble" scents that won't mess up the maribou (if present on lures like Roostertails) action, or if you have concerns over using oil-based scents.
Sorry I can't provide THE PLACE to go, possibly you'll have better luck using the proper method of attraction.
Good luck !

Always loved the opening scene of "City Slickers", where Billy Crystal is looking in the mirror on the morning of his 40th birthday, lamenting..." why am I losing hair where I want it, and getting hair where I have no need for it ?!"

Another self-serving day of Rationalized Wildlife Harrassment, since he's obviously not fishing for dinner, by throwing them all back.

Good thing that you believe that "God forgives", huh ?