Jack and Mark: Snake River - 10/1-3

Went down on Mon. Oct. 1st. Set up camper at Tucannon RV Park. 

Fished toward the afternoon of that day, pulling out near 6p.m.

Went up toward dam. A few boats were there, but appeared to be fishing for salmon or steelhead. I had no bites dragging crawler harness. Went down to mouth of Tucannon. Again pulled Crawler harness, and caught three perch. Proceeded down to the mouth of the Palouse and worked the north shore along the submerged railroad bed. Caught 6 more perch, one 16" walleye and one 15" catfish. My partner, Mark (not Dianne this trip) caught one more perch. We headed in around 5:45 and cleaned our catch in the failing light after we loaded the boat.

Tues the wind came in. I'd estimate the speeds hit 30 mph at times. We stayed in camp all day, except for a short run over to Texas Rapids to see if anyone else from the club had come in.

Wed. we fish most of the day, launching at Lyon's Ferry KOA. We worked the mouth of the Palouse that had been productive on Mon. I caught another catfish (12") and another small perch. That was it. After 2-1/2 hours working that area without another bite we moved up to the grain elevators on the south shore downstream from the Tucannon. We trolled up and across the mouth of the Tucannon. I caught another catfish  and one more perch.

My partner, Mark, had not bites all day long using the same chartreuse rigs I used. Around 2p.m. we moved up to the dam and pitch wacky worms and plugs toward the riprap in hopes of at least picking up a smallmouth, but they didn't come out to play. So we decided to quit and were back at camp by 4:30. 

I had originally planned to stay until Thurs, but cut the trip short due to the poor fishing. 

We have other obligations this weekend Oct. 6 so will not be around for the club fishing day. Hope someone does better than I did

Side note: they are catching Salmon along the north shore downstream from the Lyon's Ferry campground. Some folks were leaving the dock to do just that when we pulled out Wed. afternoon, and one boat reported getting their limit of salmon before switching to walleye for the remainder of the day.