06-04-2013, 11:18 PM
This should be an interesting experience for all below Milner Snake River fishermen. We should learn some things about the river that perhaps were unknown. I fish between Homedale and Walter's Ferry almost every weekday. Yesterday (Monday) the Murphy gage showed a very sharp increase in flow and then a drastic drop. Down at Marsing it was not very noticeable. The bass didn't seem to care. Today I fished further upstream and found no change in water level. Again, the fishing was fine. The water is dirtier than is usual for June, and there are lots of weeds in the water.
I would be very interested in learning what conditions are throughout the summer from fishermen upstream of Swan Falls dam.
The fish I have been catching have spawned, so probably there will be no year class missing in the future. The only problems I see for the summer will be launching a boat and the depredation by birds and bigger fish as the river shrinks.
I think this will be a very educational and interesting summer of fishing the Snake.
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I would be very interested in learning what conditions are throughout the summer from fishermen upstream of Swan Falls dam.
The fish I have been catching have spawned, so probably there will be no year class missing in the future. The only problems I see for the summer will be launching a boat and the depredation by birds and bigger fish as the river shrinks.
I think this will be a very educational and interesting summer of fishing the Snake.
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