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
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