Whats to do in Oregon?

 

  Anyone in Oregon?  Near Portland?  There's a good possibility I'll be working in Portland here in the future.  I have a conference call to make in the morning which might firm something up.  I know Crater lake is out there, what else?

Troy, might get a better response here .....

http://www.nwka.org/

http://www.northwestkayakanglers.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=qtvt46emmm3k8l0jtfl0g6o0f3&board=14.0

  Anyone in Oregon?  Near Portland?  There's a good possibility I'll be working in Portland here in the future.  I have a conference call to make in the morning which might firm something up.  I know Crater lake is out there, what else?

Lots of place to fish around Portland and cross the bridge into Washington!

Troy, try to get in touch with bsteves at NWKA. He lives in the Portland area and hails from down here.

Hey contact bsteves either on this site or nwka.  He's a really nice guy and I contacted him when I thought I might be moving up there.  I believe he lives in Portland.  They get some really good salmon and lots of rockfish open all year.  Yackinitup seems to have the rock fish thing down and he's really cool too. 

If you go as far South as Crater Lake, you might as well go west to the coast to the Rogue River. Crater Lake is closer to Calif border than portland...

Look up an outfitter named Mark VanHook, he is an old friend and will most likely give you a discounted trip steelhead fishing on one of his jet boats. He runs the river out of Gold Beach. Tell him Curtis Stockton of Jerome says Hi.

But if you stay closer to Portland, try fishing the Sandy river, my uncle fishes it several times a week for steelhead, salmon etc. You could also go to the columbia river and charter a sturgeon trip.


Also in Portland, there are a lot of things to do with family. Or you can take sunset highway to the coast and one of my favorite towns on the beach. Seaside Ore.

Stoggie

Good Luck with the interview Troy!!!!

Let us know the outcome!!

Rich

 

   The outcome was, Looks like I'm going to be working in Portland OR. around the first (Maybe 2nd week) in Jan.
   Temporary placement for about 12 to 18 mo, then hopefully get transferred back here to work out of my old office. Company is supplying accommodations and small food allotment. 

I just wanted to say good luck to you.  Hope all goes well and you catch a lot of salmon.  Andy

Troy, I hope you enjoy your new position!  I'm sure it will be a tough year, but hopefully a good one for you!  I'd love to visit Oregon, especially the coast!  If your up for company sometime, let us know 

Its awsome up there Troy! Good luck with your new job!!.....Andy

Lots of waters around Portland.  Crater Lake is not local.  http://www.danandlouis.com/ is a great place for oysters and clams.  Jakes in the 1980's was great.  Get a bucket of Crawdads and a beer and life is good.  There is the Columbia river, other rivers and lakes in the area.  About an 90 minutes to the ocean. 
http://www.dfw.state.or.us/RR/southwest/ is the site I use for the Rogue river.  But they have reports for everywhere.  Go online and buy your license.

 

  Thanks all.  I really don't want to leave, but it's to the point I have to.
Not sure how long it'll be before I bring my kayak up, have to get settled in new place and new job, new shift, how the pay works up there etc..  I HATE change.

Troy,

Is this a temp gig with Hitachi?

 

   Yes.  I'll be working for Hitachi through another company that's hiring me.  Hitachi (As I'm sure more company's are doing now days) uses this company to staff now.