Hello from NW Portland

I’m new to the forum, and fairly new to kayak fishing in general.

I moved here with my family after a 30 year career as a paramedic (4 years as a USAF PJ, and 26 years as a paramedic/firefighter with the Albuquerque Fire Department).

I bought a 2019 Hobie PA14 last summer, rigged it up, and use it primarily to troll for trout, kokanee, salmon, etc.  I’m starting to probe the ocean, and trying to figure out how/where to go after rock fish, lingcod, and halibut.

I like to do combined camping and fishing trips, and really like the Clearwater and Flathead part of Montana, along with the coastal lakes south of Florence, OR. 

I also mountain bike, hunt, surf fish, and search out creative ways to combine them.

Anyways, I’m excited to be a part of this forum, and hope to learn much from the wealth of experience here. 

Welcome.  Lots of good info and folks here.

I moved here about 6 yrs ago from Rio Rancho.

Welcome to the Forum Adrift.  Nicely set up PA14.  Its archery elk season here in Wyoming.  Last time I was on the water was Labor Day at Flaming Gorge. 

Deer season opens here in Oregon Saturday so unless I get lucky out the gate, I’ll be fishing for something a little bigger and a lot furrier then our aquatic species. Nice ride btw. I’m in Tillamook and hit the bay and Nehalem as often as I can (not enough this year though) 

Mojo, those deer are a might heavier to haul than the fish you catch................

Mojo, those deer are a might heavier to haul than the fish you catch................

Not with 1000 ft of steel beaded cable..... they slide right up hill behind the truck just fine.

I can't argue that.  Yay for wenches. 

Mojo, those deer are a might heavier to haul than the fish you catch................

A bag of Chick-a-Pop weighs more than the fish Mojo catches. Just sayin'.

I reckon they would slide right up hill behind the truck just fine.

Careful with those antlers, they may destroy your landing net, better use a gaff...

Wow, the deer on the west coast look a lot different than those of Wyoming.   

Pacific Jackalope 

That looks mighty tasty heliumhead, I’m hunting your yard!
Pinstriper, 
YakHunter, 
Slayaker, you gotta use lip grippers on the Pacific Northwest  Jackalope
Gears loaded dinners done and 0500 I’m rolling out to grab the father-in-law and see about putting some red meat in the freezer.

All this talk about “deer” hunting is making me homesick for my high desert, back country mulie hunts in New Mexico. 

Trying to get on board with the PNW blacktail hunting, but it’s been a struggle. 

That looks mighty tasty heliumhead, I’m hunting your yard!
Pinstriper, 
YakHunter, 
Slayaker, you gotta use lip grippers on the Pacific Northwest  Jackalope
Gears loaded dinners done and 0500 I’m rolling out to grab the father-in-law and see about putting some red meat in the freezer.

Good luck trying to lip grip 'em with those antlers and those Nasty Big Pointy Teeth... I'd rather lip a lingcod...
But you are right, no gaffing on jackalopes, total oversight by WDFW, not sure in the other states. as per the WDFW regs:
"A gaff may only be used to land a legally hooked lingcod (in Marine Areas 1-3 and 4 West of Bonilla-Tatoosh line), halibut, tuna, or
dogfish shark that will be retained. Halibut may be shot or harpooned while landing"