Oregon border rivers
The Smith and Chetco are both dead slow. Wally Johnson called in a Chetco report
on Wednesday 3-11. He said he was one of three guide boats on the river
and a grand total of two fish were landed and they were the odd boat out. Wally
is headed home to fish the upper Klamath this next week where he knows the meals
will be hot and the fishing opportunities much more in their odds. On the upper
Klamath they are still seeing 4 to 6 adults running from 4 to 8 pounds plus lots
of half pounders.
Over on the Smith the action is also slow with a few bluebacks (late run two
year olds averaging 3 to 5 pounds) and runbacks giving guide's clients enough
action to keep it interesting but not exciting. The steelie run is over on the
Smith and aside from a few good days it really never got started this year. This
fishery needs some management issues addressed before it will return to it's
past glory.
After a month of dry
weather rain is finally
returning to the North
Coast. Light rain is
expected to begin
Wednesday 2-4 and last
into Friday. At this time it
doesn't look to be enough to
make much of a difference in
the flows but we should see
some color added to rivers
like the Eel and Mad.
Overall rainfall totals on
the North coast are expected
to be just .5 to 1" with
higher amount to the south.
With the rivers as low and
clear as they are any rain
is welcomed but this series
of storms will not break the
drought but it should
improve the fishing. We will
have fresh updates posted
the next few days as the
rivers color and fish begin
to bite again.
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