It's the Terribullet Fishing Radio Show on Gold
Country Radio. Here's your fishing expert and
host, Michael Ruffino. Welcome back to Terribullet
Fishing everybody. Alrighty, well, this is a
special weekend here in Oregon. It is really
special. In fact, for Klamath Falls. it's even
more special. What makes it special? Well, it's
because it's free fishing weekend. That's right.
You get to fish free. That means you don't need
a fishing license. You don't need a multipole
license. You could just go out there and have
fun. And that's the point of it, is to go out
there and have fun. And we, here in Klamath Falls,
are surrounded by water. You got Yawani. You
got Link River. You got the Upper Klamath. You
got Lost Creek. Was it Lost Creek? Lost River?
Anyway, it's not very lost. Because I found it.
We've got all sorts of stuff. We've got the Wood
River. We've got the Williamson's River. We've
got the Klamath River. We're pretty gifted here.
We are a gifted people. Also, what makes Klamath
Falls ultra special this weekend is the fishing
event at Lake of the Woods. And I think I've
told you guys over and over again about the fishing
event. But at the fishing event, this is designed
for kids. Kids Free Fishing Day. It's tomorrow,
Saturday June 7th from 9 a .m. to 2 p .m. Now
the kids will catch a fish. Dad will become jealous.
Mom will be happy. Everybody's going to be enjoying
it because they put in thousands of fish. And
they do it in two very specific areas. One, they
put it in a big giant -like pool. You know, it's
basically a holding tank. And what happens is
that that holding tank is for the children six
and under, and for those with special needs.
And you can bring your own rod if you want, but
they'll have sticks with you know, line on it
and hooks and you'll be able to catch with what
they have. To watch a two - or three -year -old
catch a fish. To see, you know, a child with
Down syndrome or autism catch a fish. Now, you're
going to hear a lot of joy and... You might hear
some screams. You'll definitely hear some screams.
It's magical. It's the best. This is such a well
-done event by Lake of the Woods. They have ODFW
there. Smokey the Bear will be there. The Boy
Scouts will be there. They'll clean the fish
for the kids. So after they catch their trophy
size fish, because they put the big ones in here,
and they can take it over to the Boy Scouts at
the cleaning station. They'll clean the fish.
Then they can take it over to the cooking area
where they'll cook the fish for them. This is
a true catch and cook event. Really, I mean,
it's a party. Saturday at Lake of the Woods is
a party, and it is a happy party. Can you imagine?
I mean, just for a moment, wherever you are listening,
you can hear the children's laughter, their screams.
the parents' joy. If we had shutters sounds of
cameras nowadays, you know, like we did in the
old days, you'd hear a lot of shutters. Click,
click, click, click, click. It's amazing. And
the kids get to, I mean, you want to have to
buy lunch because the kids are going to be catching
lunch for you, right? So they'll catch it, clean
it, cook it. It's a free day. It's a free day.
You can't go wrong. You just can't go wrong.
And the kids are just going and it's going to
be a beautiful day tomorrow. The water is beautiful
and it's just the weather is gorgeous. You can
have Mount Brown right there in front of you.
To your right, you're going to have Mount McLaughlin.
You're going to have it reflecting off of the
water. And you will just, well, it is the happiest
day of the year, is tomorrow. And I'm hopefully
going to be there. If I'm not, I'll be over at
Moore Park. Moore Park, the fishing club, will
teach us how to use our fly fishing. rods better.
But either way, we'll either be at Lake of the
Woods or Moorpark. This weekend, hopefully I'll
have something delivered. You guys know that
I don't drive now and because of my neurological
issues and they cause, you know, events. episodes
that can that that can put me and others in danger
if i'm driving so i bought a bike i know i bought
a bike so on my youtube channel you're going
to see a new playlist and for those of you that
have not looked at my youtube channel terrible
at fishing I have thousands of videos. I mean,
you can binge watch till your heart's delight.
And I have a bunch of playlists from beginners
to advanced to trips, specific lakes. I think
I have a whole playlist on Southeast Oregon Lakes
where I visited each lake and give you sort of
a summary of all the, you know, of those lakes.
There's a lot of things on terrible at fishing
So the beginner series we also put on the YouTube
station or not the YouTube the Roku station Klamath
Community Television, and you can watch all those
on Roku so if you're if you have a Roku look
up Klamath Community Television And you will
see you know you know, that playlist. It'll teach
you how to fish here in Klamath Falls or anywhere
for that matter. It's actually pretty cool. I
love that series, that playlist. This playlist
is going to be called Bike Fishing. I know, Bike
Fishing. And since I can't drive far distances,
what I did is I got an electric pedal assist
bike And so this bike will allow me to get to
areas on the rivers and lakes that are local.
So instead of going to Lake of the Woods all
the time, which I miss them a lot. I have a lot
of friends. I know all the owners, the employees.
I mean, they're like family. I'll be sort of
Working the area here and going to Lake of the
Woods every once in a while because you know
get catch a ride But that is going to be interesting
so as I continue to I Mean basically this is
bike rides and and and walking distance for all
of us here at Klamath Falls That I'll be fishing
You're going to actually, you know, it's going
to change, you know terrible at fishing a little
bit Where you know, I'm still a bass fisherman,
but there's a lot more trout Okay, and you know
as I learn fly fishing a lot more fly fishing
So it's going to be quite the Quite the adventure
for terrible fishing and for me So this new bike
is going to arrive and It's big. It's a big boy
Because I'm a big guy we need I Think I think
I bought a bike over at I Don't know Walmart
or someplace like that several years ago. It
was like eight years ago and My illnesses were
just starting and I was gaining weight and when
I got on the bike and both tires exploded yeah
that didn't make you feel good didn't make me
feel good when both tires explode on you i mean
at that moment you feel like you weigh a billion
pounds so i got i got i got a i got a bike that
can handle fat people saying i'm a big boy but
i'm hoping i can lose some of this weight I'm
working so hard on it, but with all the medications,
you know anybody who takes a lot of meds knows
that some meds make you gain weight and then
then you're fighting the meds, so But anyway,
we're working on it working on it We're I always
say we it's really me. It's really me but my
My wife, she graduated college this week. When
I moved here and retired, everybody wanted to
get smarter. My wife is now a college graduate
with a bachelor's degree from OIT. I'm very proud
of her. She did really, really well. Straight
A's, except for one B. She got her first B this
last semester in advanced statistics, which I
remember that class in college, although back
when I took it was 1983. We didn't have these
really cool calculators. Computers were barely
invented. So, you know, it was harder. But I
took advanced statistics in college, but it was
1983, if you can imagine that. But Cathy, you
know, she got her degree and she's got a new
job. So that's great. And then my sister's getting
married here in July. Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness.
Oh well. Fishing this weekend. Yeah, we're going
to go over in the next segment. stocking reports.
And when we go over the stocking reports, I need
you to think about the legal size stuff. You
know, you got to chase legal size stocking because
it's big fish that eat those smaller rainbow
trout. And you're going to use bait. that mirrors
rainbow trout. At the Gun and Knife Show, I was
there, and I sold out a spoon that I painted
in a color -shifting rainbow pattern. Spoons
work really well, and there's so many different
ways you can fish a spoon. But that spoon, ugh,
I had 19 of them I painted, and they all sold
out. And it was definitely the magic lure, I
think, for catching these bigger trout. Whether
it be a rainbow, a red band, or a brown, those
are great trout to target for this. Go to Four
Mile. Oh my goodness. This is going to be such
a great weekend. There'll be no state troopers
on the lake because they're the only ones that
ask you about fishing licenses. Sheriffs, they
want to make sure that you're safe. But state
troopers, they ask you for your fishing license.
This weekend, won't happen. So, stay tuned because
in the next segment we're going to talk about
We're going to go over stocking reports. And
I want you to pay attention to the legal size
stockings. Alright? Take care. We'll be back
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on Friday night. Terrible at fishing but it feels
just right. Welcome back to terrible at fishing.
I know this is the part you wanted to, you know,
you were looking forward to. Where are the fish?
All right. You know, it's amazing with this show.
I want to keep it all about fishing, although
you're probably going to hear about my terrible
at mountain biking in the coming months and terrible
at bike fishing, but we're working on it. It's
going to be interesting. I bought a lot of gear
so I don't hurt myself too much when I fall.
All right, so let's go to the southeast zone.
on ODFW and let's look at see what they're going
to be stocking. Now you know Lake of the Woods
is going to be stocked actually today and that
was put into those pools and those areas. They
got 670 legals and 600 trophies. The trophies,
a lot of them, were put in that little pool for
the little kids. They got 1 ,270 fish. After
2 o 'clock tomorrow, after the event is over,
they release those fish into the lake. All those
extra fish that the kids didn't catch, and there's
a lot of them, will be released right at the
main dock. Phillips Reservoir will get, let's
see, when will they get these? That's a lot of
fish. So they got, or they got, this is past
tense, 9 ,500 legals at Phillips Reservoir. 9
,500. That is a ton of legals. Let's go to Now,
I think pretty much every week this month in
June, Lake of the Woods is getting stock every
week. So, you really can't go wrong with that,
right? You really can't. So, let's look at the
southwest zone. Let's see where we got some of
the lakes. Medco Pond. I keep telling you guys
about Medco Pond. Medgo Pond is a great place
to catch fish. They got 2 ,000 legals last week.
2 ,000 legals last week. Fish Lake got 3 ,500
legals last week. So Fish Lake got 3 ,500 legals.
You know those tiger trout are going to be hitting
those babies. Great stuff. Hyatt Reservoir got
7 ,450. 7450. That's a ton at Hyatt. What a great
place to start hitting them. The largemouth bass
there is going to be eating those guys. That's
a great spot. Let's look at Fish Lake. Fish Lake
2500. I wonder why they're into two zones there
huh i don't know i don't know look at the central
zone central zone all right lost lake uh no no
that's really out of the way uh we don't we don't
fish lost lake too much so they get a lot of
stuff though they get a lot of stuff i'm missing
One here. I'm missing one. Is it Southwest? Did
I miss them? Maybe they weren't getting stock.
Maybe they weren't getting stock. Huh. Let's
type it in. Lost. Lost Creek Reservoir. That's
where I was looking for. It's a big reservoir.
Really, really good. Yeah, they're not getting
anything. Let's see. Well, let's see if we'll
go an extra week on them. Yeah, they're...oh
my goodness. All right. June 16th through 20th.
That week. The week of June 16th. Lost Creek
Reservoir, which is a massive reservoir right
on the Rogue. Not very far away. Okay. It is
10 3 ,000 legals and 1 ,500 trophies. So it's
11 ,500 that week. June 16th, they're getting
over 11 ,000 plants in that area. I always forget
Willow. Oh, here it is. Willow Creek Reservoir,
which is also called Willow Lake. I love this
little lake. really do, but they're not getting
anything, are they? Let's back it up. Let's see
if we can back it up an extra week. They had
to get something fairly recently. They did. So
two weeks ago, they got 4 ,000 Legals and 1 ,500
Trophies, which for that little lake, there's
still a bunch of fish in there working that area.
And they're in a post -spawn. It's a great bass
body right now. If you're over at Willow Lake,
so if you want to catch some rainbows, great.
They got it. If you want to catch a lot of panfish,
they got it. But their bass is usually on the
eastern shore. and they have those points too
that work really, really well. So Willow Lake
is a great, great lake for you guys to explore
and to hit. It is one of my favorite little lakes
to hit. You know, this look, even though Drew
Reservoir and Dog Lake is pretty far away, They're
not getting anything, so I don't know if they
stock it. No, they don't. Dog Lake is a great
little lake. It's over by Drew's Reservoir, and
Dog Lake does not allow motors, or at least gas
motors. I think they allow electric, but not
gas. But it's a small lake, and if you have a
kayak or even a fishing float or something like
that. The two -hour drive to Dog Lake is really
a worthwhile drive. The lily pads are a great
place for top water, depending on the water temperature.
I haven't been out there yet. Let me go into
all zones here. And we're going to see, nope,
yeah, Gerber. Now Gerber, also, a little creek
now. Gerber is a great, great lake right now.
So, you know, east of town. Gerber is a great
lake and you want to go pan fishing right there,
you know, right in front of the dam. Great area.
They do have good bass this year because they
planted a bunch of bass from Topsy over there.
They got bluegill too, pumpkin seed sunfish,
the prettiest fish you could possibly catch all
over Gerber. Gerber is a great lake for you guys
to just say it also Thompson Reservoir Thompson
is about two hour drive to Although Gerber is
about an hour and a half hour about an hour away,
but the Thompson is about two hours and Thompson
is a great bass lake really good and it is just
busting right now Also Willow Valley, if you
go south of Gerber, Willow Valley is just on
this side of the border of California. That is
a great bass lake too. And then of course Lost
River. You know, you go over to the Springs Park
over at Bonanza and work that river right there
where the hot springs are. Really good for bass
fishing. Really, I mean, we got a lot of good
stuff. This is a free fishing weekend. Don't
forget, you can take your friends, the kids,
everybody out to the water and picnic it and
have, you know, there's a good little Mexican
restaurant in Bonanza, I found, and, you know,
wow, it's hard, it's easy to find because it's
the only one, but Bonanza is very small. You
know, pack a lunch and have a good time. Go to
Lake of the Woods on Saturday and have the kids
catch your lunch. And they'll clean it and cook
it for you right there. What a... This is a good
weekend. This is a really, really, really good
weekend. You know, I'm bummed a little bit because
I can't drive, but... It's just the way it is.
It's tough getting old, I guess. You know, my
brain started breaking, you know, years ago.
And my poor little brother, I have a younger
brother, I have two younger brothers, but my
brother that's just a step below me, he's suffering
from dementia. And so... So he's having a hard
time. You don't need to have more than one topic
of conversation with him, because you're going
to repeat it in five minutes. So it makes conversations
repetitive, but easy. It really does. So then
I have another brother, half brother, a lot younger
than me. Last time I heard he was down in Long
Beach. But it's a beautiful weekend. And you
know what? There's a big community yard sale
down in Keno this weekend, too. I mean, I saw
it over on Facebook. I mean, who knows? I mean,
you could probably get some good fish and stuff.
Fish and stuff always sells quick. It just does.
So always look for good fish and stuff. That's
what I do. I look for good fishing. I end up
giving it away anyway, but I mean, it's fun to
give away a gift. In fact, this weekend, the
gift to you from the state of Oregon is free
fishing. The gift from Lake of the Woods is the
kids' free fishing, and it's a catch and cook.
The gift to you watching the smiles on the children's
face whether they're yours or somebody else's
it won't matter you know bring some chairs and
just sit down you know at the marina and just
enjoy it take some pictures have some fun get
some pizza I mean they got the best pizza at
the marina and You will just enjoy this weekend
better than you can imagine. If you just get
out there. Just get out there. Go walk on a trail
and find a spot next to the river or the lake.
That's something else. Now that I'm getting a
bike. This town is suited for bike riders. Because
of all the trails tons of trails and some of
them will kill you but some of them won't So
if I'm not here next week, you know, I died on
a trail But I want to thank you guys It is my
pleasure to tell you about these things and it's
my pleasure to see the the smiles on the children's
faces it is Why I do what I do and I love living
in Klamath Falls. We live in one of the best
little towns there is. Look at it. The people
are great and the environment is perfect for
you and I. So take care. Tight lines. Go to Lake
of the Woods tomorrow and find some water if
you don't. I mean just go out. catch something
take care everybody that was terrible at fishing
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