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I was looking at the inlet / jetty bay park on the north end, and going up and down from there.
I think you mean the "outlet" or the "jaws"I was looking at the inlet / jetty bay park on the north end, and going up and down from there.
Are you a strong swimmer?I think you mean the "outlet" or the "jaws"
Be dang careful down there.
I think you mean the "outlet" or the "jaws"
Be dang careful down there.
Another way to tap into Tillamook Chinook without a boat is to fish "cork water".
There are 5 rivers that feed Tillamook Bay and each one has this type of water.
The locals will fish eggs or eggs/sandshrimp or jigs under a depth-adjustable float.
The Wilson River has the best bank access followed by the Trask River and then the Kilchis River.
These fish start moving out of the Bay with the start of the rainy season.
This is when you start following them up the river systems and learning the "spots" to ambush them.
The phrase intertidal zones sounds about right.I thought OP meant the jetty at the bar (never heard it called the outlet or the jaws).
So the fish (Chinook) are in the bay already and no more runs coming in over the bar. I thought so because I have a buddy that trolls the bay in late summer. Soooo, what you are saying is that the fish are right now stacked up near the river mouths waiting to go upriver with the start of the rainy season? This is the time of the year that happens where I fished (Chetco and Rogue River). Soooooo, OP should be fishing the mouth of the rivers you mentioned, not at the jetty, with the baits you mentioned. Good stuff!!!
OP might try a Red 5/0 Jed Davis spinner in those areas too. I have had great success with it at the mouth of the Winchuck. Slow retrieve so the spinner gets a good "pulsing" in the water.
The phrase intertidal zones sounds about right.
Spinners.From the shore, baits, spinners or spoons, what say ye?
Actually if you can float a inner tube on most rivers. I had a issue on the Washougal river when I was young the Skamania County. Sheriffs thought they new better than what the law says and would trespass you and if you didn't leave they would arrest you. I found a group of lawyers on the net that specialized in that area and found out what the law really says.Beaches and land to high water mark was deemed public highway in the 60's to allow people access to harvest areas. Find a pull out and walk down. If you can float a boat down it it's navigable.