It should be interesting if we don't get too much rain. We were starting to see an increase in steelhead abundance on some streams.

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We had one unsubstantiated report of some guys getting smelt in the river last Saturday, but nothing's confirmed yet. All I can say at this point is the conditions are right.

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There will be no changes to fishing seasons in the lower tributaries from last year. There will be in-season monitoring of the runs to make sure the seasons are as forecasted.

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All the rivers are pretty darn high, and the Lewis water flow was up to 30,000 CFS (cubic feet per second).

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The water around Castle Rock is not high but turbid, and it's hard to say what is going to happen to smelt in there.

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We can't make any guarantees, but the prospects for getting smelt this Saturday are looking good.

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Sturgeon don't mind it if the water is high and dirty, and it is probably the only thing to do fishing wise. I'd try in the smelt zone from Longview down, and in the Willamette plume because the water is warmer there than up towards Bonneville Dam.

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We know there are some smelt around, but we haven't heard of any caught by sport fishers.

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The water is dropping, the time is right, and there have been some smelt in there. Everything is pointing in a positive direction for the weekend.

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