The annual redd count on Spring Creek was held last Sunday under snow & ice conditions but it got a lot better by noon, still cold and a bit windy. Spring was at normal levels and the rain that we had the night before really never made a difference. I checked some of the more popular spots on Saturday and found a lot of active spawning going on, the Pines was full as was Paradise!
Last year we didn't do well because of the high water but this year it was perfect. Over the course of two days I did the entire section from Rock Road parking lot down stream to the Benner Spring bridge (the blue one), really called Shilo Road bridge. I counted 137 redds not all of them had fish on them but there were a few really big females on some of them along with a few very active males just milling around. I called Ray my partner and told him not to try and come over the 322 mountains because of the snow and ice conditions in the higher elevations, that's why I did it in two days. It is hard to do it all in one day by yourself because of having to park your car and do the entire section then turn around and walk back to the car! Some of the conditions on the hatchery high bank are really hard to walk on but you need to get good elevation in order to see!
I'll post the results as soon as they come it.
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