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Scary water levels in the Willamette drainage

May 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I fished yesterday despite some very high water. Since I took the boat out last night things have jumped another 2000cfs making the Middle Fork of the Willamette flat out scary near 7000 cubic feet per second.  The Mckenzie is absolutely roaring, currently over 9000cfs. The optimists view is that we are going to get this […]

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Tags: McKenzie River · Middle Fork Willamette below Hills Creek

Craine Prairie Reservoir opens up

May 16th, 2008 · No Comments

More to come on this report but we have word that fishing was great yesterday at Craine. The early game for Craine Prairie is chironomids dropped of an indicator around 5-7 feet. Fish in and around the river channels early in the season the fish seem to concentrate in those areas.

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Tags: Central Oregon Fishing Report