I have loved fishing my whole life.
For the past two years, I have lived near the Delta of two of the major rivers in North America. The Willamette, and the Columbia.
I have never fished in a major river before. I don't know what to do.
I've fished in plenty of lakes, ponds, and reservoirs, and little creeks and small rivers. When I was little, we'd fish off piers in the Pacific. But never a proper, massive river.
Mostly I'd like to do catch and release, but at special times of year, we go out to watch the salmon run. I know there's trout, steelhead, and bass in the river too. So it'd be fun to someday bring home dinner.
We've also seen otters and sturgeon, really close to the dock, quite often. Locals who live right on the water, say they see sea lions sometimes too.
Can someone give me tips on river fishing? From docks and piers, not from a boat.
Like on a river deep and wide enough for cargo ships to navigate, where the bridges go up to let ships pass. As we are pretty close to the ocean, the rivers are tidal, and the water is slightly brackish.
I really want to get into this. I think it'd be a nice hobby.
For the past two years, I have lived near the Delta of two of the major rivers in North America. The Willamette, and the Columbia.
I have never fished in a major river before. I don't know what to do.
I've fished in plenty of lakes, ponds, and reservoirs, and little creeks and small rivers. When I was little, we'd fish off piers in the Pacific. But never a proper, massive river.
Mostly I'd like to do catch and release, but at special times of year, we go out to watch the salmon run. I know there's trout, steelhead, and bass in the river too. So it'd be fun to someday bring home dinner.
We've also seen otters and sturgeon, really close to the dock, quite often. Locals who live right on the water, say they see sea lions sometimes too.
Can someone give me tips on river fishing? From docks and piers, not from a boat.
Like on a river deep and wide enough for cargo ships to navigate, where the bridges go up to let ships pass. As we are pretty close to the ocean, the rivers are tidal, and the water is slightly brackish.
I really want to get into this. I think it'd be a nice hobby.
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