Gonna be real tough going till we get some rain.. Will be no movement up stream till then. Man are they low and clear.

 

Trout run should be real interesting this year for the shoulder soldiers. How tight can they get, lol.

 

Coincidental catches while walleye trolling were down this year but a few were around

 

We launched out of Walnut yesterday, I counted 11 guys fishing off the creek bank. Water is really low past the marina, fish aren’t going anywhere soon.

 

Let them have it. Plenty of other spots holding fish right now with no one around...

 

Anyone know what the Shasta rainbows look like? Caught this one today both top fins were clipped. Fish was 28 inches and very skinny.wasnt sure if this was one. Did very well last 2 mornings.

 

I'm not a shoulder to shoulder fan, but am heading up at the end of the month. Hope we get rain for the streams. If not we'll be out in the boat.

Should be a good year though. I think we boated more steelhead this summer while after walleyes than we ever have. Not even counting ones we hooked and lost.

 

Just watched one being pulled in at the mouth of Trout Run on the webcam. Only three guys fishing.

 

last year it was so low the fish were swimming around with their backs outta the water. I'm not planning on going until November but I hope we get alot of rain before then. Drought sucks for fishing.

 

Was just up for a look. Man are those creeks low. Poor fish at the mouth don't stand a chance.
And C&R in these temps is basically a dead fish...

The creek in my yard hasn't had flow for a month. We are really dry here.
Praying for some water for our PHW Steelhead Slam in November. Had to cancel last year, no water.

 

I was just trying to access the Uncle Johns Elk Creek webcam and it's not working. I see there's a message saying it has been permanently closed down, meaning the entire campground. Not sure what the reason was but I had heard a few negative comments about it over the years while fishing up there. I personally never had any interactions there so would be unfair for me to speculate, but I'll miss that webcam for sure! It really was handy because you could look at the creek level and judge whether to head up or not. The Walnut creek one is useless because you can't really see the creek from it.....just the marina which doesn't help.

 

Uncle Johns closed. The double booking and crappy crappers probably had nothing to do with it.

 

Heard it was the sewage issue that forced them to close. The Walnut gauge shows, water temp, height and discharge. Gives a decent idea how the streams are.

Haven't fished since Sunday but there were some fish around, before light and first hour or so was about the only time worth fishing before water temps started to climb the past couple of weeks.

 

Trolled Walnut and Trout Run early Saturday for stagers. Only hooked up with one steelhead which was lost. Caught a few walleye in 10 ft of water. Boat traffic in front of Walnut made it challenging to troll in tight. Ended up going to the trench for a quick box of eyes.

Sunday got out before first light to a trib that I knew had a decent pod of fish. Hammered fish till about 8 am before they shut off. Single eggs, size 18 hooks and 4 lb fluro was the ticket.

 

Just watched a few being pulled in at Trout. Only three guys there. Looks like a decent pod of fish in the creek as well.