SORRY ABOUT NOT SENDING A REPORT UNTIL I SAW FIRST MATE WAYDE ON SUNDAY I HAD COMPLETELY FORGOT!! THE SILETZ TRAP HAD 46 FIN CLIPPED STEELHEAD AND 6 NATIVE FISH, ALSO 1 COHO WAS IN THE TRAP. WE TOOK ALL THE FIN CLIPPED TO THE NEWPORT FOOD BANK. WE SAW ONE SQUIRREL RUN ACROSS THE ROAD FOR WILDLIFE. TRACY SAID THAT SOME MORE STEELHEAD ARE IN THE RIVER BUT THE RUN SHOULD BE SLOWING DOWN SOON.
Monday, October 27, 2008
10/24/08
SILETZ FISH TRAP:
John Hall and I joined Casey today to check the Siletz Trap. There were a total of 15 steelhead in the trap, one of which was wild. All of the 14 hatchery fish were dispatched for stream enhancement. 5 were placed in the stream at the trap, 6 were taken upstream and 3 were saved to be placed into Mill Creek. We saw a beautiful red tail hawk flying ahead of us down the road during the return trip. It was a beautiful fall day in the gorge.
Frank
John Hall and I joined Casey today to check the Siletz Trap. There were a total of 15 steelhead in the trap, one of which was wild. All of the 14 hatchery fish were dispatched for stream enhancement. 5 were placed in the stream at the trap, 6 were taken upstream and 3 were saved to be placed into Mill Creek. We saw a beautiful red tail hawk flying ahead of us down the road during the return trip. It was a beautiful fall day in the gorge.
Frank
Monday, October 13, 2008
10/10/08
SILETZ FISH TRAP:
Roger Wilson reports that there were 54 steelhead in the trap yesterday, 2 of which were wild. In addition there were 2 coho. Frank Stout
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
10/03/08
SILETZ FISH TRAP
Finally, back on the river.
Wayde & Casey went to the Siletz trap Friday, 10/3. It was good to be back in the gorge, the river and the fish. The river was 6 inches higher than my last trip in August. The level was even with the top of the flat rocks by the old headgate upstream from the trap. There was good variety today also. The trap suffered a malfunction in the main headgate lifting device. The collar at the top of the stem was broken apparently during the last use. Casey was able to squeeze it with his fingers while I turned the handle and we got the gate closed. They have another collar so it can be repaired.
There were 22 fish in the trap with the following count:
Steelhead
hatchery 7 bucks 4 hens
wild 2 hens
Chinook (wild)
7 bucks
2 jacks
The 7 male steelhead were penned and will be used for brood stock. Casey will take them over next Wednesday. We had 1 large male Chinook that we estimated at 25 lbs. A big, colorful and strong fish.
1 grouse was observed on the way in and 5 deer were seen by the log truck in front of us on the way out. A light drizzle continued throughout the day.
Wayde
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