Went down around 10 A.M with my usual setup, two rods, one for cawler/eggs/minnows, and the other for lures. Water was still a little stained. Made my way to the point thanks to the incredible amount of debris covering the rocks I usually climb over as seen here.
Hopefully the next high water washed it away, although it looks pretty sturdy...may become a hindrance, so I'll probably have to throw it all into the water bit by bit. After sifting through the small bass that kept nailing my crawlers, I threw spinners, spoons, rainbow Rapala's, eggs...nothing.
1 PM rolls around, saw about 5 people come and fish around the Salmon hole that came and went, even a father and son duo that braved the treacherous pile of trees to get to the point. I was about 10 minutes into drifting a crawler through the fast water, and right as I'm about to reel it up I get a take, straight into the rapids it was headed...I knew it had to be a Salmon or Steelhead. He was intent on heading down into the rapids, so I palmed my spool and managed to turn his head around. Scaled down the side of the rock and he was into the net after a few runs that made my drag scream. Hook popped right out after he was in the net...lucky!
Not too big, around 17 or 18". No lamprey marks, took a quick picture and he was back into the water to fight another day.
More reports coming later in the week! ;D
