#238371 - 03/25/04 09:42 AM
Floating the Queets
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Alevin
Registered: 10/14/03
Posts: 16
Loc: Snohomish
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Hey guys, I'm planning on fishing the Queets this weekend. I have never been down it. I'm reasonably good with the oars but is there anything (hazards) I should know about? How about the Hoh as well. Thanks in advance.
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#238372 - 03/25/04 10:10 AM
Re: Floating the Queets
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Juvenile at Sea
Registered: 05/13/03
Posts: 230
Loc: Grayland
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There's a old growth spruce completely blocking the river about a mile below the campground. Signs recommend no floating as treacherous conditions exist!
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#238373 - 03/25/04 10:57 AM
Re: Floating the Queets
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Alevin
Registered: 10/14/03
Posts: 16
Loc: Snohomish
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Wooooooo. Thanks Mike. That's just what I was afraid of. Any word on the lower river?
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#238374 - 03/25/04 11:40 AM
Re: Floating the Queets
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River Nutrients
Registered: 03/08/99
Posts: 3007
Loc: Browns Point,Wa. USA
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PM'd ya
Good luck!
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#238375 - 03/25/04 08:54 PM
Re: Floating the Queets
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Returning Adult
Registered: 02/11/03
Posts: 272
Loc: Olympia
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No obstacles from Hartzell to Salmon R. and ~100yds downstream. River does seem to have a liking for eroding away at the south bank quite a bit.
Can anyone confirm beaver sightings on this river? This past Monday my dad thinks he saw one.
Forgot to mention that the road has been repaved, hallelujah! Don't know if it is repaved all the way to the campground, but it is at least to Hartzell.
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#238377 - 03/27/04 02:13 PM
Re: Floating the Queets
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Returning Adult
Registered: 10/13/03
Posts: 338
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forget the Queets. Go fish the hoh.
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#238378 - 03/27/04 08:42 PM
Re: Floating the Queets
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Juvenille at Sea
Registered: 02/27/03
Posts: 103
Loc: Portland
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Originally posted by Rockhopper:
Can anyone confirm beaver sightings on this river? This past Monday my dad thinks he saw one.
I've seen where beaver have been dragging trees so it doesn't surprise me that he saw one...I've also seen a good population of river otter.
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#238380 - 03/27/04 09:54 PM
Re: Floating the Queets
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Returning Adult
Registered: 02/11/03
Posts: 272
Loc: Olympia
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He said he saw it hop into the water off a logjam, but I didn't see any gnawed trees in the vicinity.
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#238381 - 03/27/04 11:59 PM
Re: Floating the Queets
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Juvenille at Sea
Registered: 07/04/00
Posts: 107
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I'm with Bob on this one. Tell us more about the beaver.
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#238382 - 03/28/04 03:28 PM
Re: Floating the Queets
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Juvenille at Sea
Registered: 12/21/02
Posts: 182
Loc: Graham
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In my experience, very little beaver on the Queets; to wet and cold, esp. in winter.
Much more beaver say, on Kalama on a hot day in july. Heard Yakima also has lots.
If you're really looking for beaver though, I'd say look closer to high population areas!Or better yet just go to the source.
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#238383 - 03/28/04 10:46 PM
Re: Floating the Queets
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Three Time Spawner
Registered: 03/08/99
Posts: 1585
Loc: Gig Harbor, WA , USA
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I've seen where beaver have been dragging trees so it doesn't surprise me that he saw one...I've also seen a good population of river otter Me no like um "strong" beaver.......Me likes um young and tender. Ng
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#238384 - 03/28/04 11:15 PM
Re: Floating the Queets
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Spawner
Registered: 10/29/01
Posts: 550
Loc: Kenmore, WA
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we saw a couple beavers a few weeks back. I was actually kind of suprised.   the only water dwelling mammal we saw wasa muskrat... Chromeo
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