Post by: Bone_Collector on January 18, 2012, 08:04:11 AM
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Post by: TheHunt on January 18, 2012, 02:58:10 PM
Post by: TommyH on January 18, 2012, 03:03:41 PM
Post by: Bone_Collector on January 18, 2012, 05:26:07 PM
It was snowing just a bit down there!
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My wife tryin to find the big one!
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Her friend Sophie
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Their Fish! my wife is the one in the blue and black jacket!
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It was a fun day out on the river! I hope we can make it down there again soon but with all the snow it might make things a bit nasty on the grade!
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Post by: fishingnut71 on January 18, 2012, 09:15:52 PM
Post by: hunting4sanity on January 18, 2012, 09:26:40 PM
Post by: Bone_Collector on January 18, 2012, 09:32:21 PM
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Post by: huntnnw on January 18, 2012, 10:09:23 PM
Post by: TheHunt on January 20, 2012, 08:46:48 AM
Post by: Camp David on January 20, 2012, 08:49:03 AM
Post by: TommyH on January 21, 2012, 08:07:13 AM
Post by: JODakota on January 21, 2012, 06:27:26 PM
Post by: Bone_Collector on January 22, 2012, 10:55:58 AM
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Post by: TheHunt on January 22, 2012, 02:59:37 PM
Post by: Bone_Collector on January 22, 2012, 08:21:37 PM
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Post by: TheHunt on January 22, 2012, 08:33:19 PM
Post by: huntnnw on January 22, 2012, 10:17:43 PM
Post by: Bone_Collector on January 23, 2012, 06:29:52 AM
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Post by: TheHunt on January 23, 2012, 08:09:41 AM
There is 5 hatcherys..they took out 2 I think a few years ago in oregon. It was at one time or still may be the highest stocked steelhead river in the world.
WOW, there is three hatcherys on that river? I will have to get out google earth to see.
When does that river get their huge number of runs? It seams as if there are fish in that river all year long but there has to be times when it is off the charts.
Post by: Bone_Collector on January 23, 2012, 03:21:57 PM
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Post by: TheHunt on January 23, 2012, 05:35:59 PM
January, February, and March are prime times for the Ronde but it can be iced up in Jan so it makes floating the river dangerous! I float it in February and March and fishing is fantastic! Once it comes back into shape I am headed down to put a wackin on some more fish!
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If you ever want a couple of people to float that with you let me know. I know of a WSU student and his Dad who would be interested. :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: Bone_Collector on January 23, 2012, 05:37:57 PM
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Post by: KopperBuck on January 23, 2012, 06:07:35 PM
Post by: huntnnw on January 23, 2012, 09:41:20 PM
Post by: Dhoey07 on January 24, 2012, 03:07:05 PM
http://www.orvis.com/fishing_report.aspx?locationid=5991
Post by: fair-chase on January 24, 2012, 03:52:35 PM
Post by: splitshot on January 24, 2012, 07:59:19 PM
Post by: KopperBuck on January 24, 2012, 08:12:16 PM
Post by: huntnnw on January 24, 2012, 09:24:41 PM
last year it was unfishable during march and april, the water was much too high. the year before it was good with a limit of 5. this year it is 3 or 4? i think one of the hatcheries is for salmon. one steelhead hatchery is in oregon and the rearing pond for steels is about 2 miles above boggans at cottonwood. the fry are shipped from lyons ferry and put in the pond to reach a certain size then released. i have caught a few salmon in the river in the last 10 years. the tucannon river has a better run of salmon. mike w
Almost everything you posted is incorrect :dunno:
I was on the ronde in March and april about 20 days last year...u dont fish the river much then..it was in great shape just the early flood in febuary ran all the fish up the river early so it made for spotty fishing during the prime month of march...There are 0 salmon hatcherys on the ronde..there has been talks in OR by tribes of introducing a springer run..the current salmon in the river are all native run fish..fall too.
Also there is other hatcherys on the Ronde in OR.. plus the miniam river and wallawa river too
Post by: PNWsportsman on January 26, 2012, 06:45:40 PM
Post by: TheHunt on January 26, 2012, 07:12:53 PM
Post by: Bone_Collector on January 26, 2012, 09:08:02 PM
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Post by: TheHunt on January 27, 2012, 07:52:30 AM
Post by: Bone_Collector on January 27, 2012, 09:35:04 AM
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Post by: PNWsportsman on January 27, 2012, 10:34:22 AM
Post by: huntnnw on January 29, 2012, 10:33:31 PM
Post by: Dhoey07 on January 30, 2012, 07:02:14 AM
The Clearwater has 1 run of steelhead but they break it in to 2 sub runs an A run and B run. The A run are typically smaller fish in the 5 to 8 pound class and they spend 1 year out in the ocean the B run are the larger fish and they spend two years out in the ocean. The smaller fish show up a bit earlier as well but there are still some bigger fish mixed in!
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Hmmm, different size fish, one showing up earlier. Sounds like two distinct runs to me :dunno:
Post by: Bone_Collector on January 30, 2012, 07:40:55 AM
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Post by: Dhoey07 on January 30, 2012, 07:57:16 AM
Post by: WSU on January 30, 2012, 12:57:45 PM
Post by: TheHunt on January 31, 2012, 04:29:40 PM
PNW is correct that the fish are in different parts of the river at different times. The oregon fish pass by prior to the Wa fish arriving. I think the question is when does that occur in the various parts of the river.
WSU ---- CLEAR OUT YOUR PM's. You are plumb full