Clearwater springer update

[Kodiak1]

Just talked to Bob at Cabin, Camp, and Home in Lewiston. Bob was just down checking out the water on the river and said it is marginally good. The rain and warmer temps have caused a pretty good runoff, but it is still fairly clear. He says the springers were running good several days ago, but it has died off. He thinks there should be improvement in a few days, but says the bulk of the run should peak mid-May. The guys at CCH are so friendly and helpful you are guaranteed to have a good experience there and learn a lot about conditions. Can't say the same thing about a similar operation on the Clarkston side. I am heading out tomorrow to fish Chinook in Lake Coeur d'Alene, and might have to give it a try on the way back if it turns on a bit. As Bob says, now is the time to be fishing; otherwise you will hear about the "great" day via wordii-of-mouth! Gotta envy Chromejunky this time of year, sitting up there on great fishing. Mike
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[brownieguy]

Between steelhead and salmon I envy chrome most of the year! []
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[ineedtofish]

The people at CCH are very helpful. I called them to get a report before we headed down from bonners ferry last weekend and they filled me in on everything. We only hooked a couple and lost them before the river blew out, but it was a good warmup trip! Fish are moving slooooooowwww
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[Squarehog]

Stayed outside of Kooskia all weekend and the river is way up. There was nobody fishing through town. It rained quite a bit all weekend and there is more rain in the forecast up there. Talked to the folks at Tomcat and they are thinking the salmon are in the river and the fishing should be on by the weekend.
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