Don Clausen Fish Hatchery 2-15-09

     Sunday afternoon HOLY TOLEDO and I headed up to the Don Clausen Hatchery to check out the hatchery and fish ladder. Driving past Memorial Beach in Healdsburg the river was finally flowing (bank to bank).....NICE! We self toured the hatchery and the smolt pens including spending a few quarters on fish food to feed the young'ns. Most of our time there was spent in the pouring rain viewing the fish ladder and the small stream above the ladder. The stream is teaming with steel head and we attempted to video the fish jumping the ladder....they know when the camera is on...very camera shy!
    While the recent rains have blown out the river fishing wise....it's great to see the water is finally here for the fish!  If your in the area this is a GREAT way to spend a few hours.

Allen, Allennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn. Thats a nice shot. Can we lower our kayaks in right there?

It's nice to see those Steelies made it past the fur bags and other obstacles (low water,fishermen) in their path. With the recent rain I would imagine there will be plenty more. Hopefully.

Thanks for the report and info Otobe, cool shots of those fish!

Thanks for the Report Allen I hope a lot more fish make it up normally that raceway is packed this time of year.
Here is a couple of shots of the River today in the second shot about 3/4 of the way across that line is the fish ladder.

When can we go again???

Sorry to hear your guy's run is so low this year. Hopefully this rain will put a big dent in it. Anyone thinking about the Trinity or the Feather?

Z

When can we go again???

As soon as it gets down to 1500cfs http://cdec.water.ca.gov/jspplot/jspPlotServlet.jsp?sensor_no=696&end=&geom=&interval=&cookies=

Here is a similar river flow site...with "predictions"

http://ahps2.wrh.noaa.gov/images/ahps2/hydrographs/heac1_hg.png

Thanks Allen that means 2000cfs on Friday I was going to go Dino Hunting with you guys but at 2K I'll be fishing the river.
Allen you are not supposed to read the book just buy it.

That second picture is really cool Mike.  Good luck if you get out later this week.

Thanks for that forecast link Allen.