The Newport Middle School trip to D-Lake for fishing and Schooner for Stream Team activity was cancelled due to foul weather, so Bud and I proceded to the trap. Rain followed by hail, followed by rain, followed by wind, followed by rain, followed by hail, etc, etc. were the order of the day. The creek and trap looked good with moderately strong clear flow.
I jumped into about two feet of water and started shuffling around the bottom and soon felt some fish. Backing up into the right rear corner, a very bright native Steelhead hen popped up and I almost had her by the caudal peduncle, but ended up using the net. While Bud was running her up-river, I checked the area below the baffle board at the head end and found another one, a native buck hiding there, and sent Bud upriver again. Then it started to HAIL!!!! and while doing a final check, something BIG tried to push by. After another 2 or 3 minutes I cornered our third and final native Steelhead - a buck- easily in the 15lb class - getting dark and ready to spawn. Bud did his thing again, and of course the hail and rain slacked off a bit as soon as we were done. All in all, a great day at the trap.
The baffle probably helped the hen, she appeared a little tired and had probably been in the trap for awhile.
Brian
I jumped into about two feet of water and started shuffling around the bottom and soon felt some fish. Backing up into the right rear corner, a very bright native Steelhead hen popped up and I almost had her by the caudal peduncle, but ended up using the net. While Bud was running her up-river, I checked the area below the baffle board at the head end and found another one, a native buck hiding there, and sent Bud upriver again. Then it started to HAIL!!!! and while doing a final check, something BIG tried to push by. After another 2 or 3 minutes I cornered our third and final native Steelhead - a buck- easily in the 15lb class - getting dark and ready to spawn. Bud did his thing again, and of course the hail and rain slacked off a bit as soon as we were done. All in all, a great day at the trap.
The baffle probably helped the hen, she appeared a little tired and had probably been in the trap for awhile.
Brian
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