It seems like it was a long time coming but the salmon have arrived at Riggins and are starting to move up the Little Salmon River. Today June 6th 2008 is the first time since the river blew out three weeks ago that the flows have dropped below the five year mean and while the [...]
As I mentioned yesterday that with the rivers running high and muddy salmon fishing is very tough. I also mentioned that you may want to try and do some plunking for salmon with these conditions. I received several emails asking just how you would set up to do some plunking for salmon. This technique has [...]
Just when I thought the Little Salmon River was going to come in we started to receive some rain and the river has blown out again. I did make a trip down to the river Tuesday and hooked into a fish but I fished al day and it was the only hit that I got.
The [...]
The good the bad and the uglyWell the good news for chinook salmon anglers here in Idaho is the resent cold spell is beginning to have a positive effect on the river flows as most rivers here in Idaho are starting to drop back to almost fishable levels.
The Little Salmon River which was running at [...]
Just thought I do a quick update on the salmon fishing conditions for some of the rivers here in Idaho. Salmon fishing along the lower sections of the Clearwater were fair last week before the heat-wave hit and blew the river out. Fishermen were have some pretty good success from the Railroad bridge to the [...]
There appears to be even more good news for salmon fishermen here in Idaho. Along with the Chinook salmon return numbers showing a vast improvement over the last several years the number of jacks that are returning to Idaho are also u; this is good news for two reasons.
Having a good number of jack salmon [...]
I just got done checking the Chinook numbers coming over Bonneville Dam and while they run seems to be about three weeks late they are looking pretty good for right now. Yesterday over 9,000 salmon crossed Bonneville dam on their migration home we have not seen numbers like these in over a decade for the [...]
It appears that the Chinook Salmon run we have all been hopping for is starting to make its way past Bonneville Dam as their count numbers begin to improve. Looking on the DART Adult Passage All Species Composite Report page yesterday the number of fish crossing over Bonneville Dam was 6645 adults and 115 jacks both [...]
While on a trip back from turkey hunting Monday morning I stopped along the Little Salmon River and noticed quit a few stack into a pole just below a small falls. Steelheads are known to stack up in this spot and I like to check it when I am fish, it is usually a good [...]
With the Chinook Salmon Season opening today here on many of Idaho’s rivers it would be a good time to take an inventory of your salmon fishing tackle. While the salmon have not actually made it into our river systems yet they are on their way and this season is promising to be one of [...]