Lower Columbia Walleye Club, Inc.

Lower Columbia
Walleye Club, Inc.
March ‘09
Volume 15.3
Rigging a HummBait® with a single hook, as has been done with the
one in this photo, makes it possible to fish the lure in and around cover.
Having the single hook ride upright behind the body of the bait does
much to prevent hangups.
“A Problem Solver
Named Paul”
Part 3
Top professional anglers
sometimes wind up altering newly
introduced lures or using them in
ways their inventor hadn’t anticipated. I know because I’ve
shared a boat with some of the
guys who did it. One such was the late Bobby
Garland. Bobby’s the bass pro
who came up with the Gitzit style
bass bait that has been so popular
ever since he brought the first one
to market. I fished with Bobby
several times. I remember him
telling me how he used a cigarette
to fuse the tail off another plastic
lure to a tube type lure to give him
what he was after in first developing a Gitzit.
I don’t have to tell experienced
bass fishermen how successful
Bobby’s Gitzit turned out to be. I doubt many other plastic bass
baits have been copied as much as
has the Gitzit.
In my last two columns I’ve
detailed how professional walleye angler Paul Wright, of Indiana, used the new Mack’s Lure
HummBait® in a fashion different than it was designed for. I’ve
done similar things with that lure
myself. Some of them have paid
off.
I recall my thoughts the first
time I looked at the HummBait®. “Darnit,” I thought, “this is an
interesting looking lure, but I sure
wish it had a fixed single hook
instead of that treble.”
My thinking went that way
because these days I do more bass
fishing than anything else. I knew
whenever I had a chance to use
this new lure I was a cinch to want
to throw it into and around cover. If the HummBait® could be fitted
with a single hook rigged to ride
upright, I’d get a lot more use out
of it.
Thinking about revising a
lure is one thing; actually getting
the job done is something else. I
knew what I was after might require someone handier with tools
than I am. I also knew exactly
who to turn to for help.
Mike Pedersen, of Longview,
Washington, is one of my best
friends. I’ve fished with him more
than anyone else over the past 30
years. Besides being a darn good
bass fisherman, Mike is also one
of those fortunate guys who can
fix or repair almost anything. Being an experienced bassin’ man
himself, Mike knew immediately
what I had in mind where the
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Having that single hook on a HummBait® also does something else. It
makes it easy to add a skirt, or a plastic or pork trailer.
HummBait was concerned.
But while a fixed single hook
was what I talked to him about,
Mike had some additional ideas
of his own. One of Mike’s ideas
reminds me of how Paul Wright
used the new Mack’s Lure product
while he was after walleyes on
Lake Erie. Mike did come up with a
HummBait® that now has a fixed
single hook. And the hook does
right upright behind the body of
the lure. Not only does that cut
way down on potential hang-ups,
it also provides opportunity to use
different colored skirts or a plastic
or pork rind trailer along with it. Please note the photos that accompany this column.
But Mike didn’t stop there. One of the HummBaits® he altered will be of special interest to
bass anglers who especially like
to fish spinnerbaits or buzzbaits.
Among other things, Mike’s altered lures provide an opportunity
to show those picky largemouths
something they’ve not seen before.
What did Mike do? You’ll
have to stay tuned to find out. I’ll
provide all the details in my next
column.
-To Be Continued
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President Lyle Amundson
(503) 625-6296
[email protected]
Dan Tuinstra 11.7 Pounds
Brian Henton 7.82 Pounds
We want to thank all those
who volunteered their time
and worked the club booth at
the sport show.
Thank you!
Thank you!
Thank you!
Vice President Frank Byran
(503) 728-4533 Secretary Tom Schindlbeck
(360) 687-5898
[email protected]
Activities Chairman Lonnie Ireland (503) 629-0324
Activities Co-Chairmen
Sam Caliva
1 (503) 370-8439
[email protected]
Ron DeShais
(503) 531-0981
[email protected]
Treasurer Jim Gurtisen (503) 492-2338
[email protected]
Club Meeting Place Eastside Free Methodist Church,
650 SE 139th Ave,
Portland’ Oregon 300 feet South of Stark on 139th
Editor Larry McClintock (503) 257-0553 E-Mail: lwmcclintock@comcast.
net
Club Dues are due January 1st and
expire December 31st of each
year.
Membership Chairman Louise Moudy (503) 658-2097
[email protected]
Website
Bruce Dixon
(503) 648-5108
[email protected]
New Member Dues Individual $30.00 per year Family $50.00 per year
Renewable Dues
Individual $25.00 per year Family $40.00 per year Lifetime Member $250.00
Lifetime Family $300.00 Make all checks payable to:
Lower Columbia Walleye Club, Inc.,
PO Box 30454, Portland, OR 97294
http://www.lowercolumbiawalleyeclub.com
Do I Smell
3. Grill the chicken over direct
medium heat (350°F to 450°F) until the meat is firm to the touch and
opaque all the way to the center,
8 to 10 minutes, turning once or
twice. Keep the lid closed as often
as possible during grilling. Serve
warm.
Makes 4 servings
Classic
Barbeque Rub
Makes About 1 Cup
2 tablespoons smoked paprika
2 tablespoons kosher salt
3 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon ground cumin
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Lemon Oregano
Chicken Breasts
Prep time: 15 minutes
Marinating time: 1 to 2 hours
Grilling time: 8 to 10 minutes
Marinade
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1 tablespoon minced garlic
2 teaspoons paprika
1-1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground
black pepper
4 boneless, skinless chicken
breast halves, about 6 ounces each
1. In a medium bowl whisk the
marinade ingredients.
2. Place the chicken on a large,
rimmed plate. Spoon or brush the
marinade over the chicken, turning
the breasts to coat them evenly.
Cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours.
1 tablespoon chili powder
Pickled Grapes
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
The Oregonian
Makes 3 pints
• 11/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 cup white wine vinegar
• 3 3-inch sticks cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon minced onion
• 3 cups stemmed red seedless grapes, washed (about 3/4
pound)
Sterilize 3 pint jars by filling
with boiling water. Prepare lids as
manufacturer instructs. In a small
saucepan, bring the sugar, vinegar,
cinnamon and onion to a boil, then
simmer 5 minutes. Drain jars and
divide grapes among them. Pour
the syrup evenly over the grapes
and insert a cinnamon stick in
each jar. Seal tightly and refrigerate at least 8 hours.
1 tablespoon freshly ground
pepper
½ tablespoon cayenne
1 tablespoon onion powder
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon celery salt
1 tablespoon oregano,
crushed
Directions:
Combine all the ingredients
in a medium bowl and mix well.
For a smoother rub, process the
ingredients in a spice grinder
until well combined and all pieces
uniform (the rub will be very fine
and tan in color). Use it to rub on
meat before grilling. Extra rub
can be stored in an airtight container for up to six months.
WDFW NEWS RELEASE
Washington Department of
Fish and Wildlife
600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091 http://wdfw.wa.gov/
January 16, 2009
Contact: Susan Yeager, (360)
902-2267
New Washington policy approved for
Columbia River spring chinook
OLYMPIA - The Washington
Fish and Wildlife commission
today approved a new management policy for Columbia River
spring chinook salmon designed to
promote conservation of wild fish
while providing stability for sport
and commercial fisheries.
The new five-year policy is
consistent with catch-sharing provisions recommended by a joint
subcommittee of the Washington and Oregon fish and wildlife
commissions, while also providing some additional early-season
commercial fishing opportunities
sought by the Oregon commission.
But with differences remaining between the policies adopted
by the two states, the commissions
must still find common ground
on several issues before they can
develop new regulations for the
jointly managed fishery.
• A conservation “buffer”
to maintain a low risk of exceeding impact limits on wild salmon
listed for protection under the
federal Endangered Species Act
(ESA). • A high probability of an
uninterrupted 45-day sport-fishing season on the lower Columbia
River in March and April.
• 25 percent of the sport
fishery’s allowable impacts to
fisheries above Bonneville Dam.
• A stable commercial fishery in off-channel “select areas”
such as Deep River in Washington
and Youngs Bay in Oregon.
• Commercial fishing opportunities in the mainstem Columbia
River in March and April.
• Sport and commercial fishing opportunities in May if the run
is large enough.
Because the upriver spring chinook run includes wild fish listed
for protection under the federal
ESA, the fishery is managed under
rules that limit mortality rates for
wild fish from .05 percent to 2.7
percent of the run.
Under the catch-sharing policy
recommended by the bi-state
Working Group and adopted by
the Washington commission, 65
percent of those limited “impacts”
would be allocated to the sport
fishery and 35 percent to the commercial fishery.
But in a departure from the
Working Group’s recommendations, the policy approved by the
Oregon commission in December
approved a base rate of 55 percent
for the sport fishery and 45 percent for the commercial fishery to
boost the commercial share of the
catch.
As a compromise measure,
the Washington commission
reconsidered the size of the earlyseason “buffer” - the portion of
the mainstem commercial fishery
that will be delayed until the size
of the run can be verified by an
in-season assessment. By reducing the buffer from 50 percent to
40 percent, Washington’s policy
would increase the early-season
commercial catch in the mainstem
Columbia River by an estimated
1,400 fish.
According to a recent projection, nearly 300,000 spring chi-
Both states’ commissions
based their new management policies on objectives recommended
by the Columbia River Fish
Working Group, a bi-state panel
that includes three commission
members, two fishery managers
and several citizen advisors from
each state. Those objectives call
for providing:
nook are expected to return to the
river this year, which would make
the run the third-highest on record. Under Washington’s new policy, anglers are expected to catch
22,300 of those fish from Bonneville Dam downstream and 7,400
above the dam. For commercial
fisheries, 7,800 spring chinook
would be available on the mainstem Columbia River and 6,300 in
off-channel select areas.
Meeting via conference call,
the Washington commission also:
• Extended the previous
management plan for summer
chinook salmon by one year. Consistent with Oregon’s policy, that
plan includes a 50-50 allocation
formula for sport and commercial fisheries below Priest Rapids
Dam.
• Elected Commissioner
Miranda Wecker chair and Commissioner Gary Douvia vice-chair
of the commission through Dec.
2010. Wecker, who has served on
the commission since March 2005
and as vice-chair since January
2007, succeeds Commissioner
Jerry Gutzwiler, who was elected
chair in January 2007. Douvia has
served on the commission since
January 2007. I have heard that Our wonderful
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Frank Nemec
This guy has to be Brian Henton, He fishes for walleye no matter what the weather is like!
June
March
March 3 Board Meeting
March 5 General Meeting
March 7 &8 Fishout at Maryhill
March 8 Daylight Savings Time
Begins
March 17 t. patrick’s Day
March 20 Spring Begins
March 28 & 29 Spring Classic
walleye Tournament, Umatilla
March 31 Board Meeting
April
April 2 General Meeting
April 4 & 5 Fishout at Maryhill
April 12 Easter
May
May 2 & 3 Maesburg Classic
Walleye Tournament, Potholes
May 5 Board Meeting
May 7 General Meeting
May 9 & 10 Fishout at Maryhill
May 10 Mother’s Day
May 16 Armed Forces Day
May 16 & 17 Bamnks lake Walleye Tournament, Coulee City, WA
May 18 Victoria Day
May 25 Memorial Day
June 2 Board Meeting
June 4 General Meeting
June 6 & 7 Fishout Willow Grove,
Longview, washington
June 6 -14 Fishout at Banks Lake
and Moses Lake Walleye
Tournament
June 14 Flag Day
June 21 Father’s Day
June 21 Summer Begins
June 27 & 28 Washington Gov
Cup Walleye Tournament, Kettle
Falls, WA
June 30 Board Meeting
July
July 1 Canada Day
July 2 General Meeting
July 4 Independence Day
July 11 & 12 Fishout at Umatilla
and Boardman Walleye
Tournament
July 25 & 26 Washington Walleye
Championship Tournament, Kettle
falls, WA
August
August 4 Board Meeting
August 6 General Meeting
August 8 & 9 Fishout at Chinook
August 15 &16 camas Tournament
September
September 1 Board Meeting
September 3 General Meeting
September 5 & 6 Fishout at
Chinook
September 7 Labor Day
September 12 & 13 Oregon Governor’s Cup Walleye Tournamet
Umatilla
September 22 Autumn Begins
September 29 Board Meeting
October
October 1 General Meeting
October 3 & 4 Fishout at Chinook
October 12 Columbus Day
October 12 Thanksgiving (Canada)
October 31 Halloween
November
November1 Daylight Savings
Time Ends
November 3 Board Meeting
November 5 General Meeting
November 7 & 8 Fishout Umatilla
November 3 Election Day
November 11 Veterans’ Day
November 26 Thanksgiving
December
December 1 Board Meeting
December 4 General Meeting and
Christmas Party
December 21 Winter begins
December 25 Christmas
tor and state lobbyist for Walleyes
Unlimited of Montana. The nonprofit organization promoted the
bill this session.
Legislature wades
through muddy waters with walleye bill
Story by
Jeff Osteen
January 28, 2009
Sometimes we might get history wrong.
The walleye, a fish legally defined as “non-native” to the waters
of Montana, may have been here
all along.
Walleye may gain “native
species” status in Montana when
Senate Bill 15 is put to a decision
next week during Montana’s 2009
legislative session.
“They’ve always been here,”
said Bob Gilbert, executive direc-
Deciding which fish receive
higher priority when it comes to
management funding is the important issue concerning native and
non-native species.
If a native fish species is in
danger of extinction, those fish
thought to be non-native may be
eliminated to protect the endangered species, Gilbert said.
Gilbert said he has to rely on
common sense and logic to support his case because scientific
evidence does not exist to settle
the debate either way.
Bruce Farling, executive director of Montana Trout Unlimited,
disagrees with Gilbert on the
origin of the walleye.
“They did not occur in these
waters naturally,” he said. Farling
said walleye came from the upper
Midwest and Canada and were
placed here illegally after Europeans settled in the area.
Gilbert said walleye had not
been considered a native species
because Meriwether Lewis and
William Clark did not document
the fish during their expedition
through Montana in the early nineteenth century.
“That is what the so-called
scientific community has relied
on,” he said.
Gilbert said it is possible that
Lewis and Clark caught walleye
but mistook it for the sauger, a
close relative of the walleye.
Another possibility is that
Lewis and Clark completely
missed the walleye, a fish Gilbert
said can be very difficult to catch.
“No one can back these up
with hard scientific proof,” Gilbert
said. “They also missed the 140pound paddlefish.”
Walleye populations haven’t
changed drastically in recent
years. Gilbert said the fish were
maintained in Montana waters
through natural reproduction as
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Farling said the danger in
considering walleye a native fish
becomes apparent when management funding shifts away from
indigenous species of fish that
should have a higher priority.
He said it would be erroneous
for the legislature to pass the bill.
“It would be a bad precedent,”
he said. “And it’s just bad natural
history.”
GO FISH…..
or Not?
The Washington Fish and
Wildlife Commission today
stood firm on its 65% sport/
35% commercial deal struck
in the Bi-State Committee for
Spring Chinook allocations on
the Columbia River. As you
know, the Oregon Commission
backtracked on the agreement
and is now insisting on a 60/40
split. The states are at a stalemate and anglers have been
left in limbo. (See Bill Monroe
Article, which you can forward
to your Legislators http://www.oregonlive.com/
sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/
index.ssf/2009/01/washington_
holds_firm_on_sprin.html )
Things might get worse.
The Washington Commission,
in light of the Oregon Commission’s unwillingness to abide by
the agreed terms of last year’s
agreement, has prohibited the
Director of WDFW from negotiating fisheries.
THE POSSIBILITY OF A
SPRING WITHOUT A SALMON SEASON IS REAL. This
would be a disaster in every
sense of the word for anglers,
the sport fishing industry and
the economies of Oregon/Washington as a whole. We cannot let
this impasse destroy recreational
fishing in 2009. YOU NEED
TO MAKE YOUR VOICES
HEARD!
Let your representatives in
government know how loosing
seasons in 2009 would affect
you. Let them know that the
allocation debate between commercial and sport interests and
the inability of these two Commissions to come together has
already caused enough collateral
damage.
Let them know, that they
can take immediate action and
put this debate to rest forever
by passing SAFE for Salmon.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/findlegsltr/home.htm, http://www.
leg.wa.gov/legislature/
2008 with its shortened seasons was horrible. 2009 is shaping up to be disastrous. Call,
write, email and/or visit your
elected representatives and save
our 2009 fishing seasons. Offer
to arrange a SAFE for Salmon
briefing for your elected official.
Let them know Oregon and
Washington need leadership for
Real Solutions, where everyone
can win, especially the fish.
You might also thank the
Washington Commission for
being faithful to their agreement
with their Oregon counterparts.
[email protected]
SALMON TWO,
SEA LIONS ZERO:
By
Maddy Sheehan, Esq.
This morning Judge Mossman once more ruled in favor of
salmon -- denying a motion by
the Humane Society of the U.S.
to delay lethal control of California Sea Lions at Bonneville Dam
until the 9th Circuit Appeals
Court has a chance to hear their
appeal of Judge Mossman’s
earlier ruling (in which he supported lethal control as proposed by the state agencies).
In addition to repeating their
past arguments (irreparable
harm to any sea lion killed,
arbitrary for agencies to say sea
lions cause significant harm to
listed species when the larger
take by the humans is not considered significant harm) HSUS
also argued that the prediction
of a large run of spring chinook this year makes sea lion
predation insignificant.
Judge Mossman noted that
run predictions have been shown
to be wildly inaccurate (e.g.
2008) -- and thus offer no basis
for a decision to grant a “stay.”
He also was impressed by an argument offered by WDFW that
sea lions don’t prey proportionally on salmon from all tributaries -- and runs in some upstream
tributaries (e.g. Methow R.) are
so depressed that sea lion predation on those runs could result
in a Ballard Locks type disaster
(virtual extinction).
HSUS will appeal this ruling
to the 9th Circuit. Meanwhile,
lethal control may begin as early
as March 1.
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Oregon Department of Fish
and Wildlife
Contact: Steve Williams
(503) 947-6209
Jessica Sall (503) 947-6023
Web: dfw.state.or.us FAX:
(503) 947-6009
Joint Compact modified regulations for the winter non-Indian
commercial sturgeon fishery and
set other treaty fisheries.
For Immediate Release
Jan. 29. 2009
Managers postpone setting
Columbia River spring chinook
season
OREGON CITY, Ore. – The
bi-state group that sets fishing
seasons for Columbia River
fisheries met today without setting a season for spring chinook
salmon.
The Columbia River Joint
Compact has traditionally set
the season for spring chinook
at its winter meeting. This year,
however, the process has been
delayed because the fish and
wildlife commissions in Oregon
and Washington have not yet
agreed on a final allocation
between sport and commercial
fisheries.
At today’s meeting, Oregon
and Washington fishery managers outlined some general options for what a spring chinook
season might look like, and
heard public testimony on these
options.
The Columbia River is open
to spring chinook fishing from
Jan. 1 to Mar. 1 under permanent regulations. Each year
Oregon and Washington amend
the permanent season to provide
additional fishing opportunity, if
the forecasted run size permits.
Also at today’s meeting, the
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Brian Henton with a nice 7 pound 13 ounce walleye
Tom Moore, President of the Walla Walla Walleye Club has been
selected to serve on the Columbia River Recreational Advisory Committee.
We will have an advocate for the warmwater fishery in the Columbia
after all.
Thank you Tom for accepting this position!!