ANDY,

Good morning! I saw they raised the level too. It's one of two things; 1) snowmelt release from the dam or 2) they're doing an artificial run-off to flush out smolts and pull adults in. They've done this before.

As far as keeping people away- forget it! Last year opening day there was close to 70 boats on the river. Mid week! Pressure WAY out of proportion to the numbers of fish available. It was a turn off.

I thought about sneaking out for a couple ours before school on the opener. It'll be an early one to stake out a hole that doesn't have 5 guys and 7 boats in it. The die hards will launch in the middle of the night.

If you want to hook up and talk, I'm game. But like I said, I'm in it for just the first couple hours of daylight.

Eric