Attached a Gopro to my crawfish trap in the Willamette River. This was spawned out of curiosity to see if there are any crawfish in the Willamette. We had zero crawfish.
I don’t know about eating anything out of that river PK, since I was born in the 70’s, it was always a personal goal to never let the water from that river get on my skin.
I didn't realize how good we have it here in the PNW until I drove across the country. Many rivers and lakes make the long tom and fern ridge seem palatable
Hate to say it, but the Willamette is too polluted. Are there any other shellfish, as well? I live in and on the Rogue River, and we have bunches of crawfish. Caught a bright blue one, apparently sacred to some native cultures. I'm glad I left it there, alive.
I haven’t seen one in the Willamette before, I always assumed they would be in there as the tributaries have them. The bass don’t seem to respond well to crawdad patterns in there either.
That is very interesting to see what's down there under the river. Good video. What happened to your friend Brian? I haven't seen you guy's surf fishing together for a while now. I always enjoy watching your guy's videos, lots of energy.
fresh chicken rarely works for freshwater crayfish. Put it in the sun for a few days in a bag and wait until it stinks. The same works well for salt water crabs.
that's not true at all and pure superstition. All scavengers prefer fresh meat because it's less likely to spread illness and is also more nutritious compared to decaying flesh. All scents no matter how dull or stinky travel the same speed in the water. The only thing that improves scent trail is water current. Also, our noses are totally different from crabs' chemosensitive appendages. Just because you feel like stinky chicken smells stronger doesn't mean a crab does. I know you're gonna say that you've had good success with stinky bait, and I don't doubt it. Your success only means that crabs are hardly picky between fresh and rotten. Your success does NOT mean that crabs prefer rotten bait.
On the Columbia big money catching pike minnow..they have check in stations mail you a check after you fill out w2s...couple old guys made 90k in 5 months
Governed Tom McCall did a he'll of a job getting the river cleaned up in the 70s I have drank straight out of it in emergency situations in my teens in my 60s now worst thing I got going on is my kids were born wet a naked as far as fern ridge road it not very deep with a mud bottom as well as most streams feeding it that's why it looks bad. Also show me 1 lake or stream that don't have a mercury advisore.
