Larry, Ginger and their son Mike Dale followed Bill and I on the Wednesday trap run. It was a very rainy and blustery day and the water levels were very high. First we went to the Palmer Creek trap and cleaned around the weir and then cleaned silt from the bottom of the trap. They plan on opening the Palmer trap at any time. We then proceeded to the Siletz Trap. The water was higher than I have ever seen it. They close the trap when the water level reaches 10' and the water level today was around 9'. We were very surprised when we checked the trap as there was no flow through the trap. Something had blocked the inflow but Bill and I were able to get the outer gate open enough to free the blockage. It was so muddy inside the trap that you couldn't see any fish. We finally netted 2 hatchery hen steelhead which were dispatched and sent back down the river. We attempted to scoop as much of the gravel and silt from the trap as best we could but there is still a good amount of gravel on the trap floor. Then we headed for Bohannan where there were no fish. The trap was pretty well clogged but we got everything cleaned and flushed out the best we could.
We pointed out the wolf to Larry and his family on the way back down the Beaver Creek Rd. and I was surprised when Bill spotted the elk herd. Since I was driving I couldn't get a count of the elk but there were quite a few. Got back around 3 o'clock.
Frank
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