Originally Posted By: steeliedrew
Originally Posted By: cobble cruiser
They will always look for the clean seams where a clear tributary will be entering the main river. Also any slow water and slow side channels. Believe it or not, this is when you'll find them in depths down to a foot deep. Just think close to shore!


So all the Reiter fish probably shot into the hatchery then? Or maybe dropped back down to Big Eddy? Not that I'm trying to fish it right now but I'm just curious while I wait. wink


They are right at the hatchery in 6-12" of water in the trees & bushes. Couple of years ago during the flood I went to Reiter when the water was just below the outlet sloughs. Fish were milling around in less than 12" of water. Had one Coho literally jump out of the water & land on my boots. Hatchery steelhead jumped & landed right next to me on the metal grate between the sloughs.