John Day River, OR

To Clarno

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Outing Information

Date
Start/End Time
5:30 A.M. to 5:30P.M.
Best Fishing Time
Morning to
Rating
Great
Classification
Public
Water Temp
68.0°F
Water Clarity
Stained - 1' to 3' visibility
Water Level
1600
User
Nolan Bluntzer

Fish Caught

Smallmouth Bass

Caught Avg Size Pattern Optional Fields
25 10" #10 Olive Woolly Bugger
25 10" #10 Green Clouser Minnow
50 10"
Total: 50 fish Top Patterns: Clouser Minnow (25) Woolly Bugger (25)

Weather

SkiesMorningAfternoonEvening
Sunny X X X
Precipitation
None X X X
Wind
None X
Light - 5 to 10 knots X X
Air Temp High/Low
80.0°F / 95.0°F
Wind Direction
-
Weather Front
-
Barometer
-
Moon Phase
37% Full (Waning crescent)

Other Patterns Tried

  • Red Rooster Tail

Hatches

  • 18 Beige ? Unidentified Mayfly Ephemeroptera unknown

Insect Seining

No seining information for this outing.

Fishing Partners

No fishing partners were saved with this outing.

Waypoints

No waypoints were saved with this outing.

Notes

Put in above burnt ranch rapids on Friday night and headed down the river until we made camp. I started fishing at about 5:30 the next morning and it was non stop action on whatever I tried (all were small). I would stop at each rapid and fish the back eddies with a clouser minnow and cone head wooly bugger. There were a lot of people on the river and the water seemed to be stained with visability to about three feet. To make the fishing a bit more challenging, I switched to top water which really seemed to work well as the sun began to go down.