07/18/08

SILETZ FISH TRAP:

Friday, 7/18/08

The trap crew today consisted of Wayde Dudley, Brian Hudson and Kevin Bastien. It was partly cloudy and mid 60's at the trap. Very little logging activity today. The trap held a total of 86 fish. All were Steelhead except one jack Chinook. The Steelhead numbers were:

Hatchery fish

35 bucks 31 hens

Wild fish

2 bucks 5 hens

There were 3 tagged Steelhead that had been in the trap before and 5 fish were left in the trap.

66 Steelhead were transported downriver to Moonshine Park and released.

Saw 6 deer on the way in, in 2 groups of 3 each. We were back in Newport by 2 pm.

Wayde

07/25/08

SILETZ FISH TRAP:

The vagabond (a.k.a. Drifter) Ron Gibbs, and I joined Kevin to the trap which contained a total of 71 fish. 31 bucks and 25 hen steelhead were recycled to Moonshine Park. 2 bucks and 10 wild females were released upstream and 1 hatchery chinook was sent back down the ladder. 2 previously tagged steelhead were dispatched. It was a beautiful day and we saw a doe with her 2 fawns on the way up.
Frank