2/18/2023

1st report from Southern fishery.....

Hi Bill,

Our test fisher program is progressing. The Willapa Bay test fisher officially started on January 23rd and spent the first week and a half going through training and getting familiar with the area.

He is splitting time between the Naselle and the Willapa rivers. For the month of February, he has fish 5 days in the Willapa and 4 days in the Naselle so far.

He has been fishing both gear and fly techniques. The low and clear water has made fishing challenging the past week.

He sampled one unmarked steelhead in the Willapa last week and hooked a couple other fish. Currently, this project as well as the creel monitoring is slated to go through the end of March, so more information will be collected over the coming weeks.

Please let me know if you have any further questions.
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