Either someone released huge numbers of salmon smolts, or the smolts have learned to give each other adipose fin clips. They are there in great numbers and they have clipped fins.

Otherwise, how did everyone do over the weekend? A buddy and I were there on Saturday. We went through about two dozen sand shrimp apiece to come up with four good fish stuck(all steelhead), and one highly colored, native, winter buck brought to streamside. It was in the 17 - 19 pound class. This was in the lower river. We did not get up into the canyon.

I've heard that the upper hatchery has not gotten a spring Chinook back yet. So they apparently haven't gotten all the way through the canyon to the deadline and beyond and season is still young.

Any summer steelhead or otherwise fresh fish seen or caught lately?

[This message has been edited by T Dodge (edited 04-24-2000).]