07-08-2014, 11:37 PM
The early season predictions are pretty much crystal ball type predictions. BUT as the fish numbers over the dams increase the confidence intervals in the predictions tighen up
Based on pitt tags, theres been a fair number of adult hatchery fish ( well over 4000) that crossed lower granite dam. So it was a decent run at least to that point.
What happened to them after that I cant tell you, but they dont seem to be showing up in the SF. There was a pretty good number of the fish that had crossed over LG dam that prob went thru Riggans at the tail end of that fishery so maybe they hammered them the last week of that season. Maybe there was a lot of mortality due to high sediment levels during the high flows than expected.
Once they cross LG dam its a heck of a lot tougher to track them.
Least there was a fishery in the upper river this year. People seem to bitch either way it goes. Me, Id rather have a chance to catch a salmon then sit home wishing I had a chance.
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Based on pitt tags, theres been a fair number of adult hatchery fish ( well over 4000) that crossed lower granite dam. So it was a decent run at least to that point.
What happened to them after that I cant tell you, but they dont seem to be showing up in the SF. There was a pretty good number of the fish that had crossed over LG dam that prob went thru Riggans at the tail end of that fishery so maybe they hammered them the last week of that season. Maybe there was a lot of mortality due to high sediment levels during the high flows than expected.
Once they cross LG dam its a heck of a lot tougher to track them.
Least there was a fishery in the upper river this year. People seem to bitch either way it goes. Me, Id rather have a chance to catch a salmon then sit home wishing I had a chance.
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