Clearwater report

[chipmunksniper]

Anybody fished the clearwater lately? i'm headed to lewiston on saturday to give it a shot. i was going to go last weekend but ended up fishing the columbia instead. with the numbers coming over the dams i imagine i ought to be able to hook into one.
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[osprey02]

I talked to Evelyn at the guide Shop in Orofino a couple of hours ago. Her guides have been getting their clients back early with all their fish! I have one of her boats booked for saturday!
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[Bigpafish]

How low in the river are they fishing. Good luck on the trip. Let us know how it goes
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[chrome_junky]

and make sure you get pictures .......lots and lots of pictures.........mmmmmmmm fish porn.
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[osprey02]

OK here's a warm up!
a few from last year?
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[chrome_junky]

nice fish! i am praying they open the upper salmon this year or my chances of getting into a chinook this year are gonna go down drasticly
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[SF_Austin]

Nice fish osprey! I'm with chrome junky if they dont open the upper salmon I probably wont be able to harass any chinooks this year. The fish and game have proposed an opening of the upper salmon but they wont decide on it until their meeting on the 20th ( I think) in Lewiston. Cross your fingers! The numbers look good for it though!
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[chrome_junky]

do you have any idea on what they are proposing for the season? i havnt heard anything.
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[Mojo1]

There is no porposed season at this time. Th F&G cammission will review the PIT Tag numbers and overall returns in a week, and form a decision at then.
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[prvrt]

Date: May 3, 2010
Contact: Ed Mitchell
(208) 334-3700


Commission To Meet In Lewiston


The Idaho Fish and Game Commission will meet May 19 and 20 in Lewiston.

A public comment period will begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 19, at the Fish and Game office at 3316 16th St., in Lewiston.

Agenda items on Thursday, May 20, include commissioner consideration of proposed rules to put 2010 state statutes into practice, including rules that would:

Clarify definition of waste of edible meat.

Allow nonresident deer or elk tags to be valid for black bear, mountain lion or wolf.

Allow hunter education certificates from other countries.

Allow 9-year-olds to apply for controlled turkey hunts.

Add raccoons to predatory wildlife.

Allow release of captured predatory and unprotected wildlife with written permission of landowner.

Allow Fish and Game to require records from taxidermists and furbuyers and add reporting requirements for purchase of raw cougar and black bear parts.
Agenda items also include updates on grizzly bears, wolves and bighorn sheep.

And they will hear proposed new rules to be submitted for public response and comment, including:

A bonus point system.

Changes to landowner appreciation program.

Methods of take for wolves, such as traps, electronic calls, bait and depredation hunts.

Muzzleloader restrictions on sabots.

Rules against using telemetry for hunting game animals.

Consider allowing additional bear baiting sites.

Prohibit shooting upland game from boats.

Taking native reptiles.
Commissioners will consider proposed Chinook salmon seasons on the upper Salmon and South Fork Salmon rivers. And they will elect a chairman and vice-chairman.

The day will end with an executive session.

All times on the agenda are approximate and subject to change.
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[Bigpafish]

Nice fish. What river? What time of year were those caught? Good luck with the guideshop I have had good catching with them
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[osprey02]

Well, I just got home and have a Big Smile on my face!
I'll let the pic's tell the rest of the story! And the river was plenty High at both Orofino and Kooski for outboards and Inboards! I'm heading back over Lolo Pass next weekend!

One more thing! I've fished at the End of the Locsaw a bunch over the years, the water was clear enough today, to see under the bridge with my P~roids and low and behold there was a pair of Nooks right were there usually is! The F&G guy said the Fish trap will go into Op on tuesday, Fishing starts sunday?

Heehee , the wife even proved to us that the steelies are still running!
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[osprey02]

The warm-ups were from last Labor Day on the Columbia [fishin]
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[chipmunksniper]

Just got back from lewiston and we ended up getting one fish in the boat and that was all the action we had. we saw two other boats hook up and at 5pm the fish counter had only tallied 8 fish for the day. Saw quite a few boats out just not much going on. Had a good time though.
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[osprey02]

“Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.”
Henry David Thoreau



The only ones that ever really believe this are the ones that just caught Fish?
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[osprey02]

Clearwater River ([url "http://id.waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv/?site_no=13340000&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060"]Stream Flows at Orofino[/url])
Anglers are catching fish here as well and with more fish on the way you better get in on the first wave or you might be left holding the bag, the empty bag that is. Most anlgers are drifting bait, but in the lower river Kwickfish are working well, especially if they're wrapped with some tuna or Herring.
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[osprey02]

9677 chinook passes over lower Granite today and the water level is up about 4 ft. from last weekend.
Aught to be a heck of a good weekend to catch a springer?
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