A little rain but not near enough to cool off the river, still plenty of water but the temperature skyrocketed with the continuning hot humid days.
Water temperature is playing havoc with the large salmon, had the following reports today (4) 8-12 lb salmon laying on a bar just up river, another report from canoests of seeing (7) large salmon being eaten by eagles and I've spotted (1) dead salmon yesterday and (2) today in the 10-12 lb range floating down river through the pool. Checked (1) and it had been hit by an eagle or osprey. Seeing lots of eagles and other birds of prey cruising the shoreline.
We have a mortality rate every year but this is the highest I can remember in such a short period of time and I would say unrelated to hook and release as the fish stopped taking some days ago and there are very few fishermen on the water.
We did have a report of some canoers using spinning rods and hardware as they drifted down river, unfortunately I found out about it after the fact or a report would have been filed with the wardens and a head & shoulder photo provided & posted.
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