This is a quite a board. I expected those in the fishing community to be a lot more civil than most on BBs and am not disappointed!

Smoky, I'm up in North Portland in the Mock Crest area if you know where that is. I'll kick you an email about where I've been, etc. I've been fishing the banks exclusively so far and would love to get in a drift boat before the end of the year.

Todd, thanks for the info. I'm getting out as often as I can and learning a lot just from doing (even if it means losing $30 in spinners to do it). Something occurred to me that I've been meaning to ask; how do you determine the depth of the body of water you are fishing, especially if it's the opposite side of a quick moving river?

Thanks, all.