I agree with Captt. I have been using green Fire line for over ten years and have put hundreds of nice fish in the boat without the use of a leader. I have used braid while fishing with crank baits , spinners and plastics and have done well. So to answer your question. No a leader is not necessary.

Hi neighbor, I live in Halfway. It is about 40 mins from Baker City. 15 mins from here are three reservoirs Brownlee, Oxbow and Hells Canyon. All three are great fisheries they contain many species of warm water fish , mostly smallmouth bass , crappie and catfish. There are also many high mountain lakes that have trouts and are stocked regularly. At the base of Hells canyon dam you can catch both steelhead and salmon. This area is a fishers paradise . Bass fishing is best with a boat . Most other species can easily caught from shore. Welcome to Eastern Oregon, You may want to consider archery and bow hunting as another sport to try , we have a great elk population as well as deer , prong horn antelope, bear etc.

If you have watched the news or weather you know that Oregon has been HOT! Well , I’m a placed called Hells Canyon it can be real hot. But that doesn’t mean you can’t go Bass fishing. I go a little earlier or later in the day avoiding mid day . We have done quite well. The smallmouth are always on the bite. Have been catching a lot of perch and crappie. When it’s hot ,I throw small baits , spinners or use Senko worms wacky rigged will little to no weight. When I caught this bass it was 97 degrees.

Normally I have caught consistently on weightless watermelon Yamamoto worms wacky rigged. However , this year I have use a simple Silver Fox spinner and had great results.

Best time is prespawn late April - May for smallmouth. This past spring the best day fishing was over one hundred caught only two were under 1.5 pounds . The biggest was around Four pounds. The best part is that the Bass are only getting bigger.

I have never been skunked fishing the Snake River . I live next to Hells canyon Oregon and fish the Snake more than two hundred day a year. Twenty bass is a slow day here. On my best day I have caught and released over Two Hundred smallies, this does not include the large mouth, crappie, trout, bluegill. multiple species of cat fish or carp. We also have a spring and fall run of salmons and steelhead. But if you’re interested in larger fish there are two species of sturgeon. This is a fisherman’s paradise. Check out Hells Canyon Oregon or Halfway Oregon for lodging. For hunters there are elk, two species of deer, bear, cougar, prong horn antelope, mountain goats , big horn sheep and many different species of birds to include pheasant, chuckars, grouse etc. We have got it all!

Go on to OFW web site , go the search option and type in coastal or NW Oregon fishing. That should provide you with the information you desire.

Thanks for the laugh!

I too am a Lifetime fisherman . For as long as I can remember I have been fascinated by the pursuit of the next bite. I retired at 55 and have been fishing hard for the past ten years. It’s hard but someone has to do it. I fish 3-4 days a week. I have a wonderful woman who enjoys the pursuit as much as I. She is right by my side from to sunrise to sunset. We enjoy being on the water, being in Gods creation , being together , each day bringing something new and wonderful. Hoping to catch a new POB. Actually, I’m glad that everyone doesn’t like fishing . We are the happy few.

Top water fishing really gets the blood pumping. The anticipation of a strike can be really intense. Here’s to many more fish on top water baits.

I picked the morels at 3500- 4500 ft on a south east slope.

I was at 5500 ft.

Went trout fishing today getting there was great fun. Took our Tracked Sammie jump for her maiden run. She ran wonderfully. The fishing was slow but we made up for it by hunting these wonderful morel mushrooms. Trout with fresh morels, after a great day playing in the residual snow pack, it doesn’t get any better.

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This is one one the greatest fisheries in the country. I caught and released over 150 nice Bass in the past two days . Here are a couple of the nicer ones. In fact this is the first Large mouth that I have caught in Hells Canyon .

Congratulations on your first large mouth Bass! Hope you’re hooked on Bassin..