I just spent five days on the river fishing with clients. The water conditions are far from perfect for king salmon and the fishing has been challenging. The water is very low and clear, this pushes the fish into smaller pockets within the holes. Early fishing is the best and finding the fish is the biggest challenge. With the low water levels there is a decrease in current increasing the challenge of backtrolling, I have noticed allot more anchors being used the last few days.
We have seen a wide variety of wildlife from bull moose, cows with calves (in the parking lot and river at he launch), Beavers, Muskrats, Eagles, Geese and Goslings, Ducks with chicks and a wide variety of shore birds.
The fishing has improved slightly in the last few days, I have landed a fish for each client on my last three trips. One client did not take a fih home, he elected to try for a larger fish.
Today we hooked 4 kings landing two jacks, a 12 pounder and a 24 pound fish. The fish have been very bright with only a few red ones coming from up river. I have only seen two fish from down river that have had any color on them, one was quite red.
We have openings this week and will be looking forward to hearing from you.
Greg
