October is the best Month

[Long_Rod_Silvers]

Lakes are prime, with some fattys.
The Yak is in its absolute prime
Mountains are gorgeous
Fall colors are in full swing
Streamer eats are on the menu
Browns and brookies (and their hybrid brethren) are getting all colored up
Big fat October Caddis hatches
Salt is still a valid option
Coho in rivers
Some snow in the hills
Cooler temps
Baseball playoffs
NFL is underway
Hockey has kicked off
It's not so fucking hot
Grass is watering itself (thanks rain)
Hoodie season
Fall bear hunts
Deer hunts
Etc.


October is the best, right?

 

[Wanative]

Can't argue with that.

 

[mcswny]

I dunno. I like it hot. I love summer.
I tend to get so burnt out from going so hard from April to September that October tends to be a bit lazy for.

This year no exception, laid up with knee surgery.

 

[SteelHeadDave]

I’m gonna have to add mushrooms to that list. October is certainly good for that.

Wildflowers of the fall season IMO.

I’m partial to Septober personally. But yeah, fall rules.

 

[Bob Rankin]

Couldn’t agree more! I love October!!!!

 

[Evan B]

I'm a Septober fan. September and early October are my favorite fishing times by a wide margin. The things I wait all year for happen then: tuna and Columbia River fall salmon just down the street. The time for me to get my dirtbag fishing overload.

 

[Tom Butler]

I'm voting no. I find myself thinking this is great, doesn't get better, all year long. Love the shoulder seasons, spring is full of anticipation as the world wakes up, fall has better sized hungry fish, fishing in the snow is the awesome, and summer mornings are special. Hot is not my favorite thing though. I guess I just enjoy it whenever I can get out.

 

[Evan B]

One thing about this time of year, though, is it has me really missing the Columbia River tributary fall steelhead season

 

[Billy]

I'm cool with fall but I love Spring (bass)

 

[Stonedfish]

I wish every month could be October.
If not, how about it goes from June to September and we skip July and August?
SF

 

[Brute]

I dig October…but maybe September just a bit more (no surprise snow while on a trip somewhere)…

 

[JACKspASS]

Back in the day I wished that winter steelhead season would never end, now October is my favorite month by a wide margin. Way too much going on!

 

[RRSmith]

Fall all the way... I love the tidewater fishing opportunities but for me, it's the arrival migratory waterfowl. Where we fish along the Oregon Coast is also one of the places where geese make landfall after a non stop transoceanic flight from their arctic and subarctic breeding grounds. It's pretty amazing how these birds ride the upper air winds of fall weather systems to help catapult them across the open ocean. The calls of migrating Pacific white-fronted or Aleutian cackling geese are big distraction while stripping a comet or clouser in tidewater.

 

[bobduck]

October is best for steelhead fishing. I always seem to celebrate my birthdays at the Rainbow in Maupin.

 

[RCF]

I luv October. The cool mornings means I can sleep in or get some projects done before I start fishing. It seems these cool mornings slow down the hatches until it warms up. Also extends the window of fish actively feeding until late in the day or even until nightfall.

 

[rattlesnake]

I’d have to vote April as most of the fishing I really like to do (spring trout, summertime smallmouth and fall smorgasbord) is all out ahead of me. But i agree oct is great.

 

[Dr. Magill]

April was a good steelhead month
Lots of stuff to do in the fall