Fishing

Here is a link to Lower Granite dam fish cam. Thought someone in the past asked for it...
http://www.hellscanyonsportfishing.com/...-counts-and-cam.html

Ya know I just noticed the link I sent is the same cam as Bonniville dam cam I thought Lower Granite had it's own?

It looks like the link I sent is the same cam as the Bonniville dam cam, sorry.

If i remember they had one in like 2004 and 2006 dont know why they removed it.

Okay, is there anyone out there talking about King action yet?? The big weekend has come and gone so I'm curious if anyone got out or if you heard of any reports on Kings?

I got a report for ya! Dont count on jacks to predict the following years run! Run is so crappy this year that they should close the season all together.

Tapajos,

I suspect that counting jacks does play into the following year runs but that the gill nets are sized for the adults.

But then again, I am one of suspicious nature. For my paranoia to be true, somebody would have to be gill netting them before they get to Bonneville dam.

FR

"The states, meeting as the Columbia River Compact on Tuesday afternoon, said they now believe 160,000 spring chinook will enter the river this year. Two weeks ago, the prediction was downgraded from the preseason prediction of nearly 300,000 to a range of 120,000 to 150,000. "About half of what was expected.
"The biggest questions now surround the show of jacks at Bonneville. Jack salmon are males that return a year or two earlier than their age class and with enough regularity (except for the past three years) to predict the subsequent adult run.
By Monday, the jack count at Bonneville was 62,748. That's more than three times the previous record and six times the 10-year average. The count almost certainly means a better run in 2009, although high jack counts last year didn't pan out in an accurate run prediction this year."

 

Hey did you ever get out to Riggins for Kings? If so how did it go? I still havn't got out for them yet...the yard looks great though