Fishing Forum

Deadwater broke out this morning. Give it a few days
to clear out then the "rip'n lips is on".
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thanks for the heads up
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ok gents i give up. whats deadwater?
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Its about time I have the itch and thought I might die.
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[quote hulapopper]ok gents i give up. whats deadwater?[/quote]

The dead water is a slow and wide section of the Salmon River that freezes up every year. When the ice flow breaks the Steelies can move up river to spawn!
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I don't know a lot about it but from what I understand Deadwater is a section of river that is used as an indicator for when the fish will be moving up river. When the ice breaks that indicates a warm up of the water temps. As the water warms up a few degrees the fish start moving.

Am I close?

Windriver
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Yup . . . very close.
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awsome just in time for this weekends trip
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Headed up Friday morning for the weekend. I hear the water is really muddy below the Lehmi river, does anybody know if it is to muddy to fish?
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IMHO the water is never too muddy to fish you just need to adapt to conditions. If the water is high and muddy try drifting something large with CONTRASTING COLORS such as chartreuse/orange tipped with shrimp or prawn meat tight to the bank as that is where the fish will be.
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Sounds like Me and my driftboat have an appointment in salmon on friday, about time!
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so, how long will it take the fish to get to the Pashimeroi confluence, Challice, and Stanley?
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So is deadwater completely blown out or is just parts of it out. Last year someone said it went out and we got up there and what do you know it wasnt blown out. Oh and the fish will be at challis within the next 2 weeks if it stays warm enough. We were up there 2 weeks ago and the whole river from the canyon to carmen was iced really bad!
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I am heading up first thing in the morning mite stay till Friday depends on the fishing. I will report when I get back. Any new info would be great? Thanks

Jim
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Do you think the fish will be to Stanley by the first of April? Trying to finalize my trip up.

Thanks
Jacob
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The fish will be there by the 1st of april!!! There is no question about it !!!!
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Theres fish there right now............
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Thanks for the info. Looking forward to the trip.
Jacob
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Steelheadkid come on you cant spill the beans like that!!!! lol I was hoping i was going to be able to fish by myself for a little while before the crowds!!! There isnt that many fish there yet so guys dont get to fired up!!! lol
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I was up by Clayton a couple days ago and did some looking around, also wetted a line for a bit. Didn't see much. What is up there right now is not in any numbers. There was a large ice jam just above Challis that might have broken up by now but I'm sure it was keeping some fish back.
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