10/31/09

SCHOONER AND SILETZ TRAPS:

Wayde and Lee went on the trap run Friday with Casey. No fish in the Schooner trap. Water was up and conditions are good, just need some fish.

We went from The Schooner trap to the Siletz trap along the Siletz river to Siletz then up to the trap.

35 Steelhead in the trap with the following break down:

WILD HATCHERY

1 m 2 f 11 m 21 f

3 of the fish were tagged and had been at the trap before. 5 fish had broken lines attached and it looked like poor knots were the reason for not landing the fish.

The only game seen was 1 grouse at the Siletz cable structure.

Left at 8am and back in town at 2 pm. No rain.

Wayde

10/28/09

SCHOONER CREEK FISH TRAP:

Here is a little "conversation" regarding the trip on October 28th to the Schooner Creek Fish Trap. From the LVH Fishing Club there were Brian, Frank, Wayde and I:

We were at the Schooner trap today to help with a student field trip. Kids had a good time and learned some things about fish, streams, plants & bugs.
There were no fish in the trap.
Wayde

I definitely saw a frozen steelhead in the trap.
Frank
That’s funny. I’ll report to James that a frozen steelhead was found in the trap. Global cooling ????
Casey
I knew you would come up with the answer. That's why you are a scientist and I'm not.
Frank

From: Big Fish [mailto:lvhfishclub@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 12:47 PM
Subject: Schooner Creek Fish Trap
Brian, Frank Wayde and I helped Virginia Tardaeweather with a student field trip. There were about 40 4th-5th graders there to learn about fish, streams, plants & bugs. They seemed to have a good time and only 2 fell in the water. Luckily they were wearing hip boots and it helped some.

I didn't see any fish in the trap, however, Frank reported seeing one frozen salmon. Think he's credible?

First Lady
Jolly Good Show >> & << I bet this was a Bunch of Fun. That said >> You All deserve a BRAVO ZULU !!!! ……. JCS
Fun being relative. With 40 kids that age it was kind of like herding cats, but worth it. Especially watching Wayde standing in the creek trying to show the kids how to measure the distance, speed of the creek, etc., he was actually pretty good at it.
Barb

No, no, no Barb. It was a frozen steelhead, not a salmon. I could tell because it had steel-blue eyes. I took Brian's class on Fish Identification and really know my fish.
Frank

10/26/09

SCHOONER CREEK FISH TRAP:

Hank Bryson and I checked the trap today. No fish. Some debris buildup on the gates but the trap was clean. Water was a little dirty as it was raining pretty heavily this morning. We climbed the hill above the bridge to roll down the remaining cut logs from when Wayde and Hank removed the log from the roadway. All is clear now and the logs missed the bridge but only barely. There was a motor home off the roadway and into a tree north bound on 101 near Devil's Punch bole on our way back, I hope there was no passenger in the right front because it was damaged pretty badly in that area. Police and ambulance had not as yet arrived but plenty of help so we proceeded home.
Frank

10/23/09

SILETZ FISH TRAP:

Raining as Casey and I left the Pig Palace and headed up to Schooner. Trap was flowing well, but no fish. Raining as we left and headed to Siletz, posting Chinook Closure/deadline signs at all the parks, bridges, etc along the way. Raining as we left Siletz for the trap up the Gorge. Raining at the Trap. Had 67 hatchery and 10 wild Steelhead, 3 Coho, and 1 Chinook to handle - all the hatchery Steelhead went for protein in the river. Raining as we left the trap and headed for Bohanan. The trap was flowing well, but no fish. Raining as we left Bohanan, checked out a few likely deer hunting (sorry - deer survey) areas along 1000 line, and met Kevin Wilson on 1200 coming up from Newport to get in a couple hours evening hunting. Raining when we got back about 5PM. Oh, did I forget to mention it was raining!!

Brian

10/15/09

SILETZ FISH TRAP:

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Today was a enjoyable trip with Casey to the trap, there were Eight fish in the trap, break down as follows, two hatchery Steelhead fish, five native Steelhead and one spring Chinook. We traveled down to five mile area to survey for fish and redd's and finding very little of both.

The river was up a little and the water has warmed up a slight amount, Casey expects to see fish movement with the rains expected this week.

Hank

10/02/09

SILETZ FISH TRAP:

Larry Dale and I joined Casey to work the Siletz Trap today. The river is low even though the recent rains have increased the flow slightly. We found 8 fish in the trap.

3 Chinook (2 Jacks and 1 male) All released up stream

3 hatchery steelhead (1 male and 2 female) which were dispatched for stream enhancement.

2 male wild steelhead. Also released upstream.

We also did a stream survey but only saw 1 red. Casey spotted a couple of steelhead in the area but it is a bit early and he expects more activity after the streams rise a bit.

It was a beautiful day on the river but no wildlife spotted. There was quite a bit of maintenance activity on the roadway today. Frank

09/25/09

SILETZ FISH TRAP:

The fall trap season has started.

Wayde and Lee went with Casey to the Siletz trap on Friday, 9/25. The weather was clear in the gorge but foggy till then. Some logging adjacent to the main road with 1 highline over the road.

There were only 3 Steelhead in the trap.

1 wild buck, 1 wild hen and one hatchery hen.

We did a stream survey for spawning spring Chinook between Buck Creek and Sunshine Creek. Three fish were seen and 2 redds (spawning nest in the gravel).

One deer was seen on the way back. It's good to be back on the trap runs again.

Wayde