03-31-2017, 05:26 PM
Only a couple good fishable holes from Yankee Fork to Salmon where water is soft enough to catch fish. Went two evenings and following days this and last week and caught fish. Last five days water clarity has been excellent. No Pash. pit tags at the 437 (twelve mile site) in last four days. 41 of the 63 P tags that crossed Lower Granite have cleared the 437. P run is about over. From the 437 to the 460 (Iron Creek) about eleven or twelve miles is taking from 1-3 days. Still a smattering of Yankee Fork East Fork and Sawtooth fish crossing the 437 each day. Total number including the P down to two or 3 from an average of eleven or more a week ago. Will not be a catch and keep run next year on Clearwater and lowest Salmon River run in last thirty years as well forecast. Reason for high water everywhere is the water content of the snow Stanley has over 18 inches of precipitation since Jan. 1st with a high % of it being rain. Temperatures have only been average. Looks like with less than one percent the usual fish caught below Yankee Fork from Jan to present we are only going to get around 2400 fish to Pahsimeroi. Too early to tell about the Sawtooth but they look dismal as well. Oh well best North Fork Clearwater run in 30 years and the South Fork has been good as well. May not even be a season there next year to have enough for broodstock.
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