Joe Hymer Quotes (9 Quotes)

The water is dropping, the time is right, and there have been some smelt in there. Everything is pointing in a positive direction for the weekend.

Fishing is still pretty decent down there. The last couple days it's been like a third to a half a fish per boat average. On some days it's up to a fish per boat average.

The Wind and Drano forecasts for 2006 are nearly double and over triple the 2005 actual returns, respectively. The Little White Salmon forecast is especially strong.

Sturgeon don't mind it if the water is high and dirty, and it is probably the only thing to do fishing wise. I'd try in the smelt zone from Longview down, and in the Willamette plume because the water is warmer there than up towards Bonneville Dam.

There will be no changes to fishing seasons in the lower tributaries from last year. There will be in-season monitoring of the runs to make sure the seasons are as forecasted.

All the rivers are pretty darn high, and the Lewis water flow was up to 30,000 CFS (cubic feet per second).

It's not all doom and gloom. The Wind and Drano are the ones that could show some strength. But we have been fooled by good jack returns in the past.

We can't make any guarantees, but the prospects for getting smelt this Saturday are looking good.

The water around Castle Rock is not high but turbid, and it's hard to say what is going to happen to smelt in there.