Santiam near Jefferson
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Haven't really heard of anyone pullin any coho out of either of the Santiams. Been down to the rest area a few times to check things out but never see anything rolling.
Fished downstream from Jefferson on thursday, hooked some fish... smallmouth! Drifted eggs and shrimp under bobber and threw a spinner that the smallies apparently loved. didn't see any signs of coho though.
I went out there last weekend and didn't see anything around green bridge. Talked to some guys in a drift boat who said they were stacked by jefferson but didn't see any evidence of that.
Any tips to how you were fishing? I was thinking of putting my drift boat in but I have no idea of how to even fish for them... Im a salmon newbie.
Have you witnessed coho in these waters? I thought almost all of them turned way down there and went up Crabtree creek?
Niether the north or south have averry big run, a couple hundred fish apiece is all. Hardly any Coho turn up crabtree creek or thomas creek, there are a couple of creeks upstream of lebanon that they do turn up. Last year we counted just under 300 pair. Hopefully these fish have been wild long enough that we will have around 6% growth over the next few years and get a real run of coho established. Thats why I keep preaching to leave them alone. If we can keep ourselves from piliging the resorce in 6yrs we might have a run of 2-5,000 fish between the north and south forks, thats my hope anyway.
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bigfootfish
Crabtree Creek
Crabtree Creek
Kodiak. I agree with all you say except about Crabtree Creek. Crabtree will have a bigger run than you think.
BFF
Crabtree Creek
Kodiak. I agree with all you say except about Crabtree Creek. Crabtree will have a bigger run than you think.
BFF
This is what I've heard in the past too. Just from old timers who live near the creek said there used to be so many salmon in there you could pitch fork them.
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bigfootfish
Coho in Crabtree Creek
Coho in Crabtree Creek
Crabtree Creek, and Thomas used to have great trout fishing back as recently as the 1960s, plus a decent run of Steelhead and Chinook. Overfishing resulted in the current rules in force there. I crossed paths with some ODFW fish surveyors who did a baby Chinook survey this last summer of Crabtree Creek up to ten miles upstream from the Wayerhouser gate on Snow Peak Mainline. They found lots of baby Chinook but were very surprised to find an abundance of baby Coho, as the ODFW never planted Coho up there. So the Coho are self-planters. Thomas may have a similar run of Coho. We are all waiting to see how many Silvers up Crabtree.
BFF
Coho in Crabtree Creek
Crabtree Creek, and Thomas used to have great trout fishing back as recently as the 1960s, plus a decent run of Steelhead and Chinook. Overfishing resulted in the current rules in force there. I crossed paths with some ODFW fish surveyors who did a baby Chinook survey this last summer of Crabtree Creek up to ten miles upstream from the Wayerhouser gate on Snow Peak Mainline. They found lots of baby Chinook but were very surprised to find an abundance of baby Coho, as the ODFW never planted Coho up there. So the Coho are self-planters. Thomas may have a similar run of Coho. We are all waiting to see how many Silvers up Crabtree.
BFF
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Hmmm... very interesting. I wonder if any go up Wiley Creek?
Do you call Coho Cokes? haha... I thought that's what everyone called Kokanee. Kokes. I call them HO's. :lol:
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bigfootfish
Cokes
Cokes
Ok Coho not Cokes. Don't know about Wiley. Wondering about Schafer Creek near Lacomb and, of course, McDowell Creek.
BFF
Cokes
Ok Coho not Cokes. Don't know about Wiley. Wondering about Schafer Creek near Lacomb and, of course, McDowell Creek.
BFF
Remember it's closed above the bridge in lebanon at the park.
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bigfootfish
Of course.
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