Our biggest goal is to help people catch fish and have fun if it's taking them on a guided trip, putting on seminars or selling the correct gear to make them more successful let us know how we can help you. When Dave Chinook Jones was 7 years old, he hooked and landed a 25-pound salmon while fishing with his father on the Alsea River.He was hooked on fishing from that experience on.While his fa
ther was his mentor then, Jones has become the mentor and guide for hundreds of anglers since. Jones, now 50, has worked in the outdoors industry for 32 years and has been the owner/operator of Davey Jones Fishing Locker & Guide Service for the past five years. The business is based in Eugene.
“Our biggest goal is to help people catch fish and have fun if it's taking them on a guided trip, putting on seminars or selling the correct gear to make them more successful,” Jones said. “I don't mind sharing from my fishing experiences. To have somebody come back to me and tell me they tried something I suggested and then caught something is the coolest thing.”
Jones has fished for kokanee for the past 25 years, but in recent years, he has made that fishery his specialty. But he will also fish for kokanee at Green Peter Reservoir northeast of Sweet Home and at Triangle Lake that is west of Junction City.
“They are a very fun fish to catch,” Jones said of kokanee. “They're challenging, they're plentiful and they are great to eat.”
The guide added that kokanee are not hard to catch, but rather hard to figure out in order to catch. He explained factors such as weather and water temperatures, depth, bait color and trolling speed must all be figured out in order to catch the fish.
“With kokanee, one day you can catch a bunch and the next day it can be a zero,” he said. “It's challenging like that.”
