rogerdodger:
Opening day report- we did a full counterclockwise loop of Siltcoos on Oct.1, the extended storm in late Sept. really helped, despite dry summer the lake looks better then recent years, 65F water temp up both arms and weeds not heavy at top of both arms (good for trolling up there).
I checked the mouth of Siltcoos river on Sept30 at near high tide and it is not blocked at the beach, there is a nice connection (with 5 seals swimming around in it). Coho should start trickling in over the fish ladder after the next good sized rain event.
Pepper is ready, she even practiced standing way up high on our landing gear wheels, might need to give her a refresher course on low center of gravity.
Planning to be out next week in the rain and again on Oct.14 for the eclipse. cheers, roger
Oldhammer:
Thank you Roger! Looking forward to getting out there soon!
Larry_MayII_HR:
Thanks for the report - eagerly looking forward to trying Tahkenitch again this year...on a warmer day this time!
rogerdodger:
checked the lake level today, just as it started to rain, the red star is about how high it usually gets before they crack open the dam. until then, we will have coho coming in over the fish ladder but the big surges of fish are usually related to dam operations.
rogerdodger:
Siltcoos was cloudy during the eclipse but about an hour later, things got real shiny...saw him roll in an area with about 3' of water over weeds, switched to a 3/8oz spinner and about the third cast, what I thought might be a weed pulled back and then ran off about 50 yards of line. shiny 27" buck.