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
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