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My suggestions would be a pink Berkley Power Nymph on a 1/32 jighead. Second, would be a 2" motor oil curl tail on a 1/16 jighead. Note: I focus on numbers, not size, so I go through a bunch of little fish mixed in with occasional larger fish. I'm also no purist. I tip the aforementioned jigs with an inch or two of nightcrawler and a bit of Pro Cure Super Gel Crawfish scent. Hope that helps!

Sorry Carl. My videos are mainly (but not exclusively) produced for the benefit of family, friends, and fishermen/women here in southwest Oregon who are already familiar with the area. I suppose a mention of the state now and then would be helpful. Thanks for the suggestion.

3/4 oz keel weight. Appx. 10-15 feet deep. The bite is currently moving toward casting and jigging the crappie jig/worm combo. Should be hot up by the river headwaters and immediately downstream. Good luck!

@@petejenista3108 thanks I'll give it a shot on Thursday

Lake should be 100% full. If you are willing to go all the way to the headwaters I would give either river arm a try in the swift water (spinners, jig/worm combo, fly fishing...if that's your thing). Then move to the "Y" where the two rivers meet. Jig/worm combo or Powerbait (not my thing but very effective) are good there. Another spot is right where the cold river water goes below the warmer lake water (usually marked by floating debris and possibly a color change). You can work your way back toward the Hwy 62 bridge casting jig/worm combos at structure or slow trolling a flasher/fly/worm combo. In the main body of the lake cast the jig/worm combos around any rocky structure or where little streams feed the lake. Lots of smallmouth (emphasis on the "small") and an occasional bonus trout. Slow trolling the flasher/fly/worm combo in the general area of the dam tower is a good bet, too. Hope you do well! I'm going next Tuesday.

So, the rod and reel combo for the flasher and fly combination is a 7' slow action rod with a 2000 series reel filled with Berkeley Vanish 6# fluorocarbon. The smaller combo with the curly-tail jig is a 5' fast action rod with a 1000 series reel filled with 6# Berkeley Nanofil (dark green) topped with a 3' shock leader of 6# fluorocarbon. Hope that helps!

Hey Pete. Nice set up. Those trout looked very plump. I think you should mount them! I'll be fly fishing in VA the middle of the month for two days. Stream fishing at a place called Escatabwa farms. Don't have trout the size they have in Oregon, but hope to land a few.

Nope. Galesville Reservior and Willow Lake are your best southwestern Oregon crappie options. If you are willing to take a looooong drive and stay for a few days, Lake Owyhee out in the boonies of southeastern Oregon is FIRE for crappie. Friends who went there caught 1500 (not a typo) during a trip to this lake.

@@petejenista3108 thanks for the advice. I would love to see a video where you target some slabs. And if you’re every in eastern Oregon crappie hunting we caught a bunch of 14”-16” slabs out at brownlee this summer. Hate that drive though.

Dropped a LOT since May....right?!

@@petejenista3108 Yes an insane amount!!

So, I don't know if you noticed but all the fish were kept alive (and VERY active) in my aerated live well. If any of the fish had appeared weak or "stressed" I would have kept them and eaten them. I suppose, in hindsight, it would have been kinda' cool to show them being released but, alas, that will have to wait for another video. BTW, here's a link to a scientific study of the effect of catch and release fishing on the growth and survival of rainbow trout: digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1071&context=ncfwrustaff#:~:text=Survival%20rates%20of%20hooked%20and,trout%20hooked%20in%20the%20mouth.