01/27/10

SILETZ FISH TRAP RUN:

Good evening,

Bill and I visited all four traps today. Both Schooner Creek and Palmer Creek were fish free zones. The only thing we found at Palmer Creek was more evidence of our favorite Beaver working frantically to raise the level of the water above the trap. Bill and his rake added further frustration to his/her efforts. We were both surprised to find no logging activity in the gorge. We arrived at Siletz Falls trap about 11:30 and found 4 fish in the trap. Unfortunately, all four were hatchery fish (2 male and 2 female steelhead) so they are doing their part to provide nutrients to the smaller fish downstream. On to Bohannan where once again we encountered no logging activity. We found three (1 male and 2 female steelhead) fish, all wild, and happily released these three upsteam. We were back at the office around 3:15 pm.

Now for the rest of the story. While Bill and I were driving up the Schooner Creek road we looked in the usual locations for the Elk herd. We didn't see them so headed on up the road. At around the 3 to 3 1/2 mile marker I happened to look down by the creek and couldn't believe what I was seeing. Standing there looking up at us was a very large Bull Elk. The Bull was by himself and had a magnificent rack. This was a big bull. We couldn't see if he was a 4 point a 5 point or bigger because he was looking straight at us and did not move at all. I backed up to get closer thinking her would vacate the area when I did but he just stood there starring at us. We watched him for at least 5 minutes before we decided to move. We were within 40 yards of the bull. In the 5 years I have been driving up to Schooner Creek I have never seen anything like him. What a memory. On the way down the herd was out feeding just West of the 2 mile marker.

Mike

01/23/10

SILETZ FISH TRAP RUN:

Wayde & Lee accompanied Bill Sigler on the Friday trap run.

We left Newport shortly after 8 and headed for the Palmer trap arriving at 9:02. A nice herd of elk were on the north side of the highway just west of Logsden. There were no fish in the Palmer trap. The local beaver had been busy piling woody debris on the front of the trap. We cleaned that off and headed for the Siletz Falls trap at 9:25. The water at Palmer was 43.

The Siletz trap had 5 Steelhead in it: 2 male hatchery, 2 female hatchery and 1 wild summer male. He was a bit late getting upriver and may have trouble finding a mate. We removed a lot of gravel and silt from the trap. There is still more to do but it helped. The water was 42. We left at 11:16 and headed for Bohannon.

The Bohannon trap had 1 wild female steelhead and 1 14" cutthroat. We put them both upstream. The water was 42 and very clear.

Got back into town at 2:30.

Wayde

01/22/10

SCHOONER CREEK FISH TRAP:

Hank Bryson and I had the honors of checking the trap this morning (Friday). We found 1 very pretty hen steelhead. She had a recent scar on her left gill plate and an older scar on her left side. The water was about knee deep in the trap and running clear. No wildlife of note was spotted today. Frank

01/20/10

SCHOONER CREEK FISH TRAP:

Good evening all,

No fish today at the trap. When I arrived the trap was almost completely blocked with about 5" of water in the trap itself. I cleaned what I could in the upper gate to start the flow then opened both gates to flush it out. While I was pushing silt down the trap at the lower gate I accidently kicked a fish in the nose that decided to enter the trap. The fish went back down, I finished cleaning, lowered both gates and had about 36" of flow when I left. I did see a female steelhead dead at the bank above the trap. It must have been the female from Monday. No wildlife today.

Mike

01/18/10

SCHOONER FISH TRAP:

Hank Bryson and I checked the trap this morning which contained 2 steelhead. The creek was running high and swift but the water inside the trap was only about 8". We found one wild female alive and one male steelhead dead. The hen was very bright but her scales were badly worn on one side and after being released she went belly-up. Hank performed CPR on her for several minutes and she went a short ways upstream and hid close to the bank. We watched her for a few minutes and I think she is going to be all right. She lost several eggs while being handled.

I partially cleaned the upper gate to allow more flow through the trap. It was just above the knees when we left. Frank

01/15/10

SILETZ TRAP RUN:

This in from Wayde today (Friday, January 15, 2010)

Wayde and Bill Sigler checked the traps today. Rain and wind all day. No wildlife of note seen. We left town at 8:40 after running a few errands and headed for Schooner Creek.

Schooner Creek Trap

1 wild male Steelhead water temp was 39f

The trap had about 24" of debris against it. We left it in place as it provides some quiet water in the trap where fish can rest. The Schooner trap design does not allow any calm spot for the fish to take a break. We had brought 2 small pieces of plywood to use for that purpose but the debris was just as effective. Left for Siletz at 9:48.

Palmer Trap

1 female Coho in the trap and another Coho in the pool below the trap. water temp was 40f

Arrived at the Palmer trap at 11:08. Bill cleared out the local beaver's work and we headed up the gorge at 11:36.

Siletz Falls Trap

1 male native Steelhead

1 hatchery female Steelhead

Arrived at 12:15 and crossed the river. Water was high, about 2 feet below the top of the wall.

Left at 12:45 and headed down the gorge.

Bohannon Trap

2 male Coho

1 female Coho

1 female hatchery Steelhead water temp of 41f

Arrived at 2:25. Trap was clean and fairly clear. Left for Newport at 3:00 pm.

Got back in Newport at 4:00 pm. First time I have seen at least 1 fish in all four traps.

Wayde

11/13/2010

SCHOONER CREEK, SILETZ, PALMER AND BOHANNAN FISH TRAPS:

Good evening all,

Bill and I were able to go to all four traps today. I don't think it stopped raining all day but we didn't care, after all we do live at the Oregon Coast and thanks to all of the rain we have it creates a nice highway for those silver bullets we affectionately call STEELHEAD. Yes, the Steelhead are in. First we went to Schooner Creek. the water was running high but very good flow with little debris. Surprisingly there were no fish in the trap. Both Bill and I believe that the extreme flow in the ladder is keeping the fish down stream until the flow subsides a little. Friday might well be a good day at Schooner Creek. Next we went to Palmer Creek and although there were no fish, our resident beaver was very busy and had the trap partially blocked. Each year the Palmer Creek trap seems to require a higher water flow before the fish can move up the creek. This year Bill says the Siletz has to be up around 8.5 to 9.0 feet. That is high water. We cleaned everything as well as we could and headed up to Siletz Falls. At the falls we found fish. However, every fish except 1 was a fish that had already been in the trap and punched. We passed the wild fish down stream again and dispatched the hatchery fish.

Siletz trap

Steelhead; Total 12 fish.

Hatchery fish; 2 males, 4 females
Wild fish; 3 males, 3 females

Lastly we headed for Bohanan. There is now logging going on up the 1000 line road as well as the gorge road. When we opened the trap at Bohanan I could see a couple of fish in the trap but the water was a little murky. Upon entering the trap I was hit from all sides by fish. We had a total of 24 fish in this trap, 7 Coho and 15 Steelhead. Both Bill and I were pretty happy to see so many fish on this current surge of high water.
Bohanan trap

Coho; Total 7 fish
3 males, 4 females (all wild)

Steelhead; Total 15 fish.

Hatchery fish; 2 males
Wild fish 8 males, 7 females

Total fish for the day were 36. Not a bad day for this time of year. No wildlife other than a young Red Tailed Hawk that flew for quite a while in front of us on the return trip from Siletz Falls. We arrived back at the Pig at 4:15. For me, 10 hours and 45 miles.

Mike

01/11/2010

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Schooner Creek Fish Trap 01/11/2010 Jan 11, 2010 by Barbara Monday Jan. 11, 2010 Schooner trap today was checked by Barb, Wayde, Lee & Candy. The road was being graveled and graded which is welcome. We did not see any wildlife today. The water was up but clear and the trap was free of debris. 3 fish were in the trap: 1 male Coho 1 female Coho 1 female wild Steelhead There was a Coho on a redd above the trap. It was looking pretty bad, black with multiple white spots. Wayde View Album Play slideshow Contribute photos to this album

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01/08/2010

SILETZ TRAP RUN:

From: Jeanne and Alan Canfield [mailto:canfield@casco.net]
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 2:47 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: [Fwd: Siletz Trap Run]

The Longview Fishing club makes many trap runs every month keeping them cleaned out and releasing native fish upstream. Here's a report from Friday to give you an idea of what happens as several traps are serviced on a single run. If you have an interest in going with a team on a trip, let me know and I'll hook you up with the folks in charge, or you can email Big Fish directly. I'm sure you'd find it interesting.
Alan
-------- Original Message --------

Subject:	Siletz Trap Run
Date:	Sat, 9 Jan 2010 09:15:05 -0800
From:	Big Fish

Friday January 8, 2010

Wayde, Bill Sigler and Emmy (student volunteer) made the Palmer, Siletz and Alsea Hatchery run today.

We left ODF&W parking lot and headed east via Toledo, Siletz, Logsden and Wildcat bridge to the Palmer trap. There were no fish in the trap but numerous fish were observed in the stream above the diversion weir. The resident beaver had stacked a little trash at the front of the trap which Bill cleaned out.

We went up the gorge to the Siletz trap. River was up good and lots of white water. The trap held 9 Steelhead.

Hatchery --- 3 males

Wild --- 5 females and 1 return female

We transported 5 wild females across the river and into the pickup with the new small tank then headed for the Alsea Hatchery to drop off the fish for brood stock. A discussion was held on whether to go back to Logsden or go up river to Valsetz and out to Hoskins. Bill was familiar with the roads so we went east. It was a nice change of pace and I saw some new country. We got back on Hwy 20 at the Kings Valley turn off. It was about the same time or even a little faster to reach the hatchery. We unloaded the fish into a circular tank. I showed Bill and Emmy the resident sturgeon as they had not seen them before. We left the hatchery and went down the Alsea River to Waldport and back to Newport. We got in at 3:00 pm. I did not get any water temperatures today because my laser thermometer had dead batteries.

Derek checked the Bohannon trap today.

Wayde

01/08/2010

SCHOONER CREEK FISH TRAP:

Team Chinook went to the trap on Friday, iit was just a very nasty day. We left at 1:00 PM after Bud got back from Meals on Wheels.

The wind blew and the rain flew but we got to our goal. There wasn't even a little tweety bird to be seen. The creek was up running

high and fast and clear. There was quite a bit of beaver debris in the trap, and it was partially blocked there was still good flow though.

We opened the trap and I dove down in to feel fish thumping at my waders. We placed Bud up stream in a better release point and

I began to hand fish to Larry he transported them up to Bud for release and every thing went smooth. After emptying the trap we

raised the upper gate to clear it then closed it I found that I now had company in the trap with me. I felt another fish and went after it

I noticed a sore back wedged up against the lower gate. I went after the other fish and she was a very tired little hen steelhead.

Then I went after to old sore back Coho and it was a HO HO on me it turned out to be just and old beat up piece of wood. We

re-released the last hen. Then we cleaned the rest of the trap and closed it up ready for more fish. We had a good day with a total

tally of:

2- bright male native steelhead

2- bright female native hen steelhead

1- bright re-released (very tired ) hen steelhead

For team Chinook - Bud, Larry, and Bill

Good fishing!

01/08/2010

SILETZ FISH TRAP RUN:

Friday January 8, 2010

Wayde, Bill Sigler and Emmy (student volunteer) made the Palmer, Siletz and Alsea Hatchery run today.

We left ODF&W parking lot and headed east via Toledo, Siletz, Logsden and Wildcat bridge to the Palmer trap. There were no fish in the trap but numerous fish were observed in the stream above the diversion weir. The resident beaver had stacked a little trash at the front of the trap which Bill cleaned out.

We went up the gorge to the Siletz trap. River was up good and lots of white water. The trap held 9 Steelhead.

Hatchery --- 3 males

Wild --- 5 females and 1 return female

We transported 5 wild females across the river and into the pickup with the new small tank then headed for the Alsea Hatchery to drop off the fish for brood stock. A discussion was held on whether to go back to Logsden or go up river to Valsetz and out to Hoskins. Bill was familiar with the roads so we went east. It was a nice change of pace and I saw some new country. We got back on Hwy 20 at the Kings Valley turn off. It was about the same time or even a little faster to reach the hatchery. We unloaded the fish into a circular tank. I showed Bill and Emmy the resident sturgeon as they had not seen them before. We left the hatchery and went down the Alsea River to Waldport and back to Newport. We got in at 3:00 pm. I did not get any water temperatures today because my laser thermometer had dead batteries.

Derek checked the Bohannon trap today.

Wayde

01/06/2010

SILETZ FISH TRAP RUN:

I received the following memo from Derek explaining why they don't pass winter steelhead up above the Siletz Falls. Makes sense to me. We learn more all the time. Frank

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From: derek.r.wilson@state.or.us
To: frankdstout@aol.com
Sent: 1/6/2010 5:02:43 P.M. Pacific Standard Time
Subj: RE: Siletz Trap Report: 1-6-19

Frank,

Thanks for going today, sounds like you had a good all around trip. We don’t pass wild winter steelhead above the Siletz Falls Trap because they directly compete with the wild summer steelhead and rarely made it above the falls if at all. Summer steelhead are able to navigate the falls during the low warm water times during the summer and naturally colonized that habitat above the falls. At Bohannon, there are no summer steelhead to compete with so we pass them.

Thanks,

Derek

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From: frankdstout@aol.com [mailto:frankdstout@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 4:38 PM
To: lvhfishclub@gmail.com; derek.r.wilson@state.or.us; jcs592@msn.com
Subject: Siletz Trap Report: 1-6-19

After approx. a 45 minute delay at Les Swab's to have a leaking tire repaired, Bill and I headed for Bohannan, Siletz Falls and then to Palmer Creek. It was a long but productive day with the following fish count.

Bohannan (16 fish)

Coho Wild Steelhead

6 male 8 female 1 male 1 Female

Siletz (26 fish)

Coho Wild Steelhead Hatchery Steelhead

1 male 3 male 7 female 1 rerun female 8 male 3 female

1 red tag rerun male

1 red tag rerun female

1 yellow tag rerun Female

Palmer Creek (11 fish)

Coho Hatchery Steelhead

2 male 2 female 4 male 3 female

The water was very high at all the traps but Bohannan and Siletz were running pretty clear. We did some cleaning at the Palmer Creek Weir as well as in the trap.

I found it interesting in that the wild winter steelhead, which were beautiful by the way, were tail clipped and then sent back downstream. The wild steelhead at Bohannan were also tail clipped but sent upstream.

We dropped off approximately 15 fish at Don Larson's home in Siletz for stream enhancement purposes.

The logging operations in the Siletz gorge area was very busy. No unusual wildlife was observed but the police activity between Siletz and Toledo was very active for some reason.

Respectfully submitted, Frank

01/06/2010

SCHOONER CREEK FISH TRAP:

Good afternoon all,

Today was an interesting day at Schooner Creek. I was truly team Lone Wolf today as my partner has a sinus infection and is currently out of service. As I was walking up the road I noticed very little water moving down the ladder so I hurried to the trap and found about 8 inches of water running through. When I opened the trap I could see there were fish in the trap and the fact that it was almost blocked made it much easier for me to deal with since I was alone.

Total fish count:

Coho - 1 wild male, released just below the bridge.
Steelhead - 2 wild males, and 2 wild females, all released just below the bridge. One male and one female had very distinct seal marks. The female actually had a bite out of her abdomen along with the rake marks on both sides.

Once the fish were released I began to work on the trap. Most of the debris was branches from our always busy beaver somewhere upstream. The front of the upper gate was blocked with quite a bit of silt behind the branches. I spent about an hour cleaning the trap and when I finished there was 48" of water running in the trap. If the creek has crested the team on Friday should be OK. If it is still rising you will probably see what I did today. No wildlife just some rain.

It sure was good to see Casey yesterday!

Mike

01/01/2010

SCHOONER CREEK FISH TRAP:

Greetings One and All

Team Chinook went forth today minus 2 vital members Bud, and the Hook however Larry's fine Son Mike stepped up to help. It was a good day to be on the inside looking out, the winds were a blowing and the rain was a flying. That did not discourage us we proceeded on up to the trap. The only wild life we saw was some ducks with their umbrellas turned inside out in a group huddle.
As we dropped down into the trap area the winds died down but the rains kept right on coming. Schooner creek was flowing high, fast and a little off color. We opened the trap and Larry climbed on in and found fish right off. Mike handed Larry the net and we got into the fish business. Larry proceeded to send up one fish after another up to Mike and I released them in quick order. One male coho came out still living but the tale area was badly decomposed, another had started decomposition, there shouldn't be to many more Coho coming up the creek. We did have steelhead, there was one very small jack steelhead that apparently got tired and drifted backwards into the lower gate and got hung up and died. There was one female hatchery steelhead, and one female native. She will get a very good reception with all of the boys that have proceeded her. Larry was down in the trap and said that there was at least one more, and he chased and dipped and finally came up with a real lunker about an 8 inch trout. To save face he kept at it and finally produced one last male Coho. Altogether it was a wet but good day we closed down the trap and returned home.

Tally for the day

3- male Coho
3- male Native Steelhead
2- female Native Steelhead
1- female hatchery Steelhead
1- male jack Steelhead (very dead)
1- 8" trout

Stay Dry!

for Team Chinook
Electric Bill

01/01/2010

SCHOONER CREEK FISH TRAP

Hank Bryson and I checked the trap Friday and were glad to see the new year starting off on a good note. We had 1 F Coho, 5 male Steelhead (1 was hatchery and assigned to stream enhancement) and 2 wild female steelhead. There were no markings on any of the fish but I did notice a white sore spot on the side of the steelhead that we dispatched. The water level was very high and running quite swift. The upper gate had quite a bit of debris but all was clear at our departure. No wildlife was observed. Frank

12/31/2009

SILETZ FISH TRAP RUN:

The Last Trap Run of the decade was finished today at 1:30 Thursday when Bill Platte and Wayde returned to "the Pig House" after visiting 3 traps in the rain.

We left at 8 am and proceeded to the Siletz trap. It rained hard and steady all the way. We arrived at the trap at 9:30 and traveled across the river. Water was about 4' below the top and rising. There were no fish in the and it was clean. The water temperature was 42.

We went down the gorge to the Palmer trap. It too held no fish but was running a good stream so we may soon have some fish. Bill cleaned some beaver debris off the face of the trap and we left 10:45 headed for the

Bohanan trap. The water at Palmer was 37.

Reached Bohanan at 12:10 and found 5 Coho.

1 male and 4 females. 1 of the females was a return which meant she had gone back downstream over the falls and then back up the ladder. I think I saw a tiny Garmin gps on her right gill. The water temperature was 37. We left Bohanan for the last time this year and headed for Newport.

Wayde

12/31/2009

SCHOONER CREEK FISH TRAP:

Good Morning,

Greetings to everyone on the last day of 2009. It was wet, wet, wet today at the trap, but no fish. I was surprised with the good flow and the creek on the rise but I couldn't find a fish anywhere. The trap was clear with no debris today but after this coming high water it will probably clog up.

Happy New Year to everyone, may it be safe and enjoyable.

GO DUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mike

12/24/2009

SCHOONER CREEK FISH TRAP:

Merry Christmas everyone,

We had another fishy day at Schooner Creek this week. On Thursday there was a total of 6 Coho (4 males and 2 females) at the trap, all wild. Three fish were released upstream and three were sent downstream as they were already dead. Three dead fish in the trap, with two caught by the gills in the entrance grate and one forced against the back wall. We also witnessed a female Coho on her nest below the bridge. No other wildlife up there but did catch a glimpse of the elk herd as they were heading back to the timber for the day. The day was warm and the sky clear.

Mike

12/21/2009

SCHOONER CREEK FISH TRAP:

---- Original Message -----

From: Derek Wilson

To: wayde dudley

Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 4:24 PM

Subject: RE: Schooner trap

Thanks for the update. Yes on the release site, it needs to be up river a little ways so that fish don’t head directly back down stream. I used to release them by a small tree/brush where there was a little section of calm water.

Derek

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From: wayde dudley [mailto:duright1@charter.net]
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 4:00 PM
To: Hill, Wayne
Cc: Derek Wilson
Subject: Schooner trap

Monday, Dec. 21

Barb & Wayde checked the Schooner trap this morning. Light to heavy rain and the water was up pretty good.

We had a total of 6 fish in the trap with the following details:

Coho

3 males 2 females

Steelhead

1 hatchery female with the left maxilary clipped. She became "stream nutrient material".

There were 2 fish carcasses up against the upper gate. One washed on through and one was stuck in the gate. These may have been fish that returned to the front of the trap on a previous visit. I suggest that the release point be closer to the bridge to reduce the instances of fish returning to the intake side of the trap. Current is strong there and already tired fish may not survive.

Saw a bald eagle eating a fish carcass around milepost 6.

Wayde

12/18/2009

Schooner Creek Fish Trap:

TEAM CHINOOK, WENT TO THE TRAP WITHOUT OUR MAIN DRIVER, THE HOOK. LARRY STEPPED FORWARD AND
VOLUNTEERED TO USE HIS VEHICLE AS IT ALREADY HAD A GOOD CRUST ON IT FROM THE SILETZ TRAP RUN ON WEDNESDAY. LARRY AND I PICKED UP BUD AND THE TEAM WAS OFF. WE HAD A NICE DRIVE BUT DIDN'T SEE NARY A WILD CRITTERS GOING OR COMING HOME

UPON REACHING THE TRAP LARRY AND BUD WERE READY TO GO AS THEY HAD THEIR WADERS ON. I HAD HAULED MINE ALONG BUT DECIDED I WOULDN'T NEED THEM AS I WOULD FILL THE HOOK'S MAJOR SERVICE THIS TRIP AND TALLY THE FISH ??????

WHEN WE OPENED THE TRAP WE COULD SEE THAT THE WATER WAS HIGH AND RUNNING FREE OF DEBRIS. BUD GOT HIMSELF SITUATED IN THE STREAM, AND LARRY PLUNGED INTO THE TRAP AND EXCLAIMED THAT WE HAD MORE THAN ONE FISH . I HANDED DOWN THE NET AND HE CORNERED A BIG BEAUTIFUL MALE COHO THAT I HAULED OVER TO BUD. THAT FISH SCREAMED OUT OF THE NET AND DISAPPEARED INTO THE BIG HOLE NEXT TO THE TRAP. I RETURNED THE NET TO LARRY AND HE SCOOPED UP ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL BUCK AND WHEN BUD RELEASED IT THE FISH TOOK OFF UP STREAM LIKE A BULLET. THE NEXT FISH WAS ALSO A BIG BUCK BUT HE DECIDED THAT HE LIKED THE TRAP AND TURNED BACK TO IT. HE COULDN'T GET IN WITH THE OTHER FISH BECAUSE OF THE BARRIERS.

I NOTICED THAT THOSE FISH WERE GIVING BUD QUITE A TASSEL AND I WAS JUST ABOUT READY TO JUMP IN AND COME TO HIS AID, BUT HE DID FINE. BUD MADE IT BACK TO SHORE AND TOOK A MOMENT TO REGROUP WHILE LARRY SAID WE STILL HAD MORE FISH. WITH BUD RESTED UP, LARRY PROCEEDED TO NET ANOTHER ONE, ONLY THIS ONE TURNED OUT TO BE A MALE STEELHEAD THAT LOOKED AS THOUGH HE HAD BEEN THROUGH THE MILL. BUD FOUGHT HIS WAY OUT TO THE MAIN STREAM FLOW AND RELEASED HIM, BUT HE TURNED TAIL AND WENT RIGHT BACK TO THE TRAP.

I RETURNED THE NET TO LARRY AND HE CAME UP WITH YET ANOTHER COHO BUCK WHICH WAS PROMPTLY RELEASED AND WENT BACK TO THE TRAP. LARRY EXCLAIMED THAT THERE WERE STILL FISH IN THE TRAP SO I HANDED DOWN THE NET. LARRY CAME CAME UP WITH A VERY WELCOME SIGHT .. A HEN STEELHEAD. BUD DECIDED THAT HE NEEDED TO GO FURTHER OUT SO HE WADED WAY OUT IN THE CURRENT AND RELEASED HER, AND SHE DECIDED THAT SHE WANTED OUT OF THERE AND LEFT.

LARRY CALLED OUT FROM THE TRAP THAT WE STILL HAD FISH SO HE NETTED YET ANOTHER MALE COHO WHICH WAS RELEASED AND WENT RIGHT BACK TO THE TRAP. IN THE MEAN TIME, LARRY HAD CHECKED OUT THE TRAP AND SAID THAT WE HAD TAKEN ALL OF THE FISH SO HE CLEANED THE LITTLE DEBRIS THAT WAS THERE AND CLIMBED OUT AND SECURED THE TRAP. I GAVE BUD A HAND GETTING OUT OF THE STREAM, AND WE BUTTONED EVERY THING UP AND LEFT THAT BEAUTIFUL PLACE TILL NEXT TIME.


WHILE WE WERE DRIVING BACK WE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE REASON THAT ALL THOSE BUCKS RETURNED TO THE TRAP WAS TO DRAW STRAWS TO SEE WHICH BUCK GOT TO GO CHASE THE GIRLS.

THE TALLY FOR THE TRIP WAS.

5 MALE COHO
1 MALE STEELHEAD
1 FEMALE STEELHEAD

FOR TEAM CHINOOK

ELECTRIC BILL