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Amazing how they knew to wait until March to start crossing the falls.
Amazing how they knew to wait until March to start crossing the falls.
MM, do you know if they record if the fish are clipped or not at the Willy falls ladder?
I don't believe they keep track at the Falls, like at other counting stations (I think Willy Falls has some pretty crude equipment).
6 springers over, compared to 54 at this time last year.
MM, do you know if they record if the fish are clipped or not at the Willy falls ladder?
Any clipped fish after March 1 is recorded as a summer. Any wild fish after March 1 is recorded as a winter. That's their differentiation between summers and winters. It's mostly true, but not 100% correct. So you can see the clip rate only for March, April, and May in the spreadsheets. It is recorded as well, just not posted online (you can see the springer clip % rate at the bottom, though the fish are not broken up into hatchery and wild columns).
As to the springers, look at the flows. 50,500 cfs this March 245h vs. 18,000 cfs last March 24th. Takes the fish longer to find the ladders at higher cfs. As flows drop and temp increases numbers will jump.
Go get'em Carp. I got my first combo limit of the year today, on the Big C. Hooking a Nook is like winning the lottery right now, but there are a few out there. Not to hijack the thread, but a week ago I caught a buck Chinook and it cut really pale. Have been told it was a Willamette fish. You guys encounter this much up there?
I got my first combo limit of the year today, on the Big C.
Hooking a Nook is like winning the lottery right now, but there are a few out there.
I honestly don't know how to tell the difference as far as bucks
I honestly don't know how to tell the difference as far as bucks, but it was a dime bright fish. Saw 3 Chinooks hooked today. Only one landed. Sealion got the other two. Yes they are starting to show, but not in any great numbers yet. But soon. Pic is from yesterday.