troutdude
Some summers were spotted, at the Foster Dam hatchery! BRING IT ON!!! :thumb:
I was on the mckenzie fishing the march brown hatch this week and we saw a steelheader trying his luck. Pretty early but I can't say I blame him for trying.
....and there's two springers over Willamette Falls as of today. Better bust out the plunking gear.
Thanx, for that...cuz I was wondering. Being new here in Oregon, I'm trying to get these fish's patterns down. I'm trying to find indicators that I can draw any info from to try to fill in a calender of what fish are where and when. Without a fish counter on the Sandy(my "home" river) I have to either guess or look at countless other sources or wait to hear of fish being caught to know when they are present. ie: Springers in the Sandy? Is there a correlation "timing wise" to any other river? Is it just a guessing game? I'm soooo confuzzled. Sorry but my noobism coupled with an insatiable craving for info might make me ask dumb questions sometimes. Any info is appreciated!!For all of you wondering, there should be a few summer in the sandy, south santiam, willy and Mac.
Ahh thanx for this too!!I'm no expert on the subject, but I'd say there's probably a better correlation between the Bonneville counts and the Sandy than Willamette Falls.
When the counts jump at the Falls, it usually indicates that fish are moving through the Willy, and although the Clack is below the Falls, the fish show up when the counts go up... generally.
Heard a report of someone landing a summer on the Clack this weekend (but I didn't actually see the fish).
Springers in the Sandy? Is there a correlation "timing wise" to any other river? Is it just a guessing game? I'm soooo confuzzled. Sorry but my noobism coupled with an insatiable craving for info might make me ask dumb questions sometimes. Any info is appreciated!!
A lot of the lower willy is slow flowin so a lot of the steelhead shoot righ on theou
Also a factor in Willy Falls vs Bonneville counts. This is my understanding, too. In the mostly-dredged Willy, where the channel is almost the entire width of the river, combined with the very slow flows as it fights the Columbia, I don't think fish hold up, or even slow down through the Harbor. Not much decent "holding" water until above the Sellwood or thereabouts, and I don't think they spend a whole lot of time between the Sellwood to Meldrum stretch, either. The Columbia offers much more variety of water, which I think effects the speed that they travel upstream.