05/21/2010

SILETZ TRAP RUN:

Siletz Falls trap run, Friday May 21st

Wayde and Bill Segler made the trap run today. Very uneventful with so-so weather, no critters and only 5 steelhead. We got to the trap at 9:37. The water was 47 degrees. The fish were winter steelhead:

Hatchery

2 male 1 female

Wild

1 male (re-run) 1 female

There was 1 dead female in the fike (inlet structure) that got it's head caught.

We left the trap at 10:10 and were back in town at 11:40.

Wayde

05/19/2010

SILETZ FISH TRAP:

Wednesday, may 19

Wayde and Bill Sigler made the Siletz Falls trap run today. We were on the road at 0820 and headed east towards Siletz. Saw 2 deer just past the Logsden store. The gorge was very quiet with no CB chatter on the way up.

The water was down to the top of the old diversion structure just upstream from the trap. I did not get a water temperature because my laser thermometer was on the fritz.

We had a total of 29 Steelhead in the trap. The scorecard is getting more complicated now that we have winter and summer fish along with hatchery and wild so now the fish are classified into those 4 categories. The results:

Winter

Hatchery 7 males 2 females

Wild 1 male 3 females

Summer

Hatchery 3 male 4 female

Wild 3 male 5 females

for a total of 28 fish.

We saw 1 deer on the way down the gorge and the logging activity had begun.

We returned 7 summer fish to the river at the Moonshine Park boat ramp. My thermometer was working by then and the river was 50 degrees. We got back to town at 12:30.

Wayde

05/14/2010

SILETZ TRAP RUN:

Bill and Lee left pig house at 8:10 and proceeded towards Siletz. We received a radio call from Derek saying we had the keys he needed for the tank truck. We returned to the office and then headed out once more. It turned into a beautiful day as we went up the gorge. At the trap we found one wild winter male which was marked and released down stream and one beautiful wild summer female which was sent upstream. There were six hatchery males and four females which were loaded and taken to Ollala lake for stocking. Traffic on the gorge road was very light for a change. No animals were seen along the way. We arrived back at the pig house at 12:30.

Lee

05/12/2010

SILETZ TRAP RUN:

Wayde & Bill Sigler made the Siletz Falls trap run on Wednesday. We left town at 8:10 and got to Buck Creek (mile post 5 1/2) at 9:10. Bill had to survey Buck Creek from the Siletz river to the gorge road. It took him just over an hour and he beat his previous best of 9 redds with a total of 14 active redds. Promising sign for Steelhead. The water in both streams was 43 degrees.

Reached the Siletz Falls trap at 10:42. The trap had about 24 fish in it. We left most of the hatchery fish in the trap and took 2 wild females, 1 wild male and 3 pair of hatchery fish to the Alsea hatchery. We went through Valsetz which is always a nice change of pace.

The 3 wild fish were spawned at the hatchery and put back in our tank to return to the Siletz River at the Hee Hee Il-a-Hee boat ramp (in town). We got back to the "Pig House" at 3:01. Did not see any wildlife of note.

Wayde

05/07/2010

SILETZ TRAP RUN:

Derek, Candy and Lee left at 10 after 8:00 for the traps. We stopped first at Palmer creek where we found one hatchery buck and put it down river. The trap was taken out of service. The opening to the pond was boarded up and rods removed from the weir to open up the creek. Derek then had a meeting at the rock pit on the 128 road with a state forester. Along with the forester in tow we then proceeded up the gorge. When we checked the trap there were no fish in it. Derek had wanted some more for the hatchery. We had to open the main gate to adjust the flow over the bottom end. We were back at the pig house a little after noon. No animals were seen during trip.

Lee

05/05/2010

SILETZ TRAP RUN:

Derek Wilson and I made the run to the Siletz trap this morning where we found 5 wild male steelhead and 1 summer run hen hatchery. We took 3 of the wild males to the Alsea Hatchery for brood stock and returned 6 fish (1 hen and 5 males) to Siletz for release. The summer run hatchery hen was punched and returned back down stream for someone to hopefully catch. She sure was bright and pretty. It was a fun day and we were back in town a little before 2:00.

Frank

04/28/2010

SCHOONER CREEK FISH TRAP:

Proceded up to Schooner with Frank Stout. Rain, wind off and on, and fairly cool. Didn't expect any fish, but the water was running about 2ft and fast, so couldn't get a good look (even with the "special technique/tool developed by some un-named Club Member). So, on with the waders and into the water. Immediately got hit in the legs by a large moving object - which I cornered and netted: 15lb Steelhead buck. While Frank did the net-run-release thing, I found a second smaller buck and Frank was on his way again. When he returned, we concentrated on a final check, and what to our wondering eyes should appear, but a third Steelhead which was cornered briefly and then disappeared! Fish was small enough that we think it made it back down through the slot. Nice day, as it cleared up on the way out, and we saw the Elk herd on the way in and out over on Drift Creek.
Brian

04/28/2010

SILETZ TRAP RUN:

Wednesday, April 28

Derek & Wayde made the trap run today. Bill Sigler is somewhere in sunny California on an extended motorcycle ride.

We left around 8 pm and went to the Palmer trap first. Surprise, surprise there were 8 hatchery Steelhead in the trap. 2 female & 6 males. Derek kept 5 to give to Casey for some student dissection instruction. The other three were recycled. It was a quick stop, in at 8.55 and out at 9:25 with 47 degree water.

Siletz Falls was next and we got there at 10:02. Water was up from the recent rain. It was about 4 feet below the headwall. 8 Steelhead were in the trap. 2 wild males and both were put back down the ladder. The 6 hatchery fish consisting of 3 males & 3 females were recycled. The water was a bit cooler at 39 degrees. We left at 10:24 for a turnaround time of 22 minutes, not bad. Fair amount of logging traffic today as we met trucks going both ways.

Palmer was next and no "hat trick" for us today. The trap was empty. Water was 44 degrees and we left at 12:12. Derek checked out a potential woody debris site upriver from the trap and then we headed for Newport arriving at 1:14. Good weather most of the day. It rained on us leaving Newport and again when we got back. No wildlife of note.

Wayde