I think covid taught us who is really the essential. It turns out it is not the pro athletes or actors or "reality TV stars". They are just there to relieve a little bordem. Yet they feel their opinions are so important for us to here. Some of us have had to get up and go to work every day as if nothing different was going on. As soon as sports started getting political, it turned my stomach and I lost interest. They get paid way to much for what they do to act like this. It has given us more time to reconnect with family and friends. I am getting a lot more projects done. Heck I might even read a book or two. Not to mention try to catch a fish here and there. Now if we could just get rid of all this smoke! Haha. Thanks for listening. Enjoy.

You are lifting weights everytime you pull up anchor! Great job!

Very true. Thank you.

Awesome. Thank you very much!

Basically I am asking what to get for a decent salmon / steelhead setup.

Hello everyone.
I am starting to feel pretty comfortable with my setup for hardly catching trout out of a lake and would like to step up to something a little heavier to not catch something a little bigger. It will mostly be for bank fishing for salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River, Sandy river and the Willamette River. I have a lot of the tackle needed in my dad's stuff he left me. But not the rod or reel for it. What would you suggest? Another reason I want something heavier is I got one of those Lucky Fish Finders and the sensor you cast out there feels very heavy for the lighter trout setup. So this would be sturdier and give me piece of mind I am not going to break the line or snap the rod when casting the heavy sensor. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with me. I really enjoy this sight and reading the stories. It keeps a wanna be like me entertained.
Enjoy!

I did not turn the sensitivity down. I will do that on the next time out. I like the camera idea. Thank you. What kind of camera did you get? I definitely like the knowledge part of it. Otherwise it is just a guess when I go some place new.

I took my new Lucky Fish finder out yesterday morning and it did exactly as expected. I liked it. It shows depth and water temp. Got a good idea of the bottom contour and make up. And it showed fish. What it didn't do was catch them! Haha. But I do like it. I only have 6# line on my trout set up and that scares me because the weight of the sensor feels pretty heavy on my pole. I would feel better casting the sensor out there with a stiffer pole and heavier line. But all in all I like it so far. I hope that helps. I paid 79 bucks on Amazon and got it in one day. Good luck!

I just got the Lucky Laker FF1108-1CWLA. I will let you know if it does any good this weekend.

Thank you. That is great feedback.

I have been looking at them too. I am kind of new to fishing. I go to a lot of places I have not been to before so I think it would offer some good information on how deep and what the bottom looks like. And maybe even a fish is near by. I have been looking at the Lucky brand for about 60 to 80 bucks. I like the wireless over the wired style. Just my 2 cents.

Well said. Amen

We are currently camping at Ft. Stevens in Astoria. Lots of people. Only a few mask wearers. on the beach itself only saw two people wearing them. Up in town at the Sunday market everyone but two were wearing them. Seems like people are being responsible when in close quarters. Got to do a little fishing Friday at Coffinberry lake. Not much action for us. But did see one caught on Saturday. so I know there was at least one in there. Haha. We head back home today. Been riding bikes with the grandson. That is hard on an old guy in a couple of different places! Fun to get away. Enjoy!

Thank you everyone for the feedback. I am still on the fence about them. But will probably pick one up just to get a little more information about the places I wet my line. To be honest is not as often as I would like! But isn't that always the case? Enjoy.

Thank you Ronnie. I appreciate the feedback. Enjoy!