![]() ![]() ![]() You need to be able to carry buckets of stunned fish back upstream to release them near where they were captured. 24 or Let him know which day(s) you can help and he will get back to you with more detailed info. If you are interested in helping, contact Tim Porter, Assistant District Fish Biologist in Prineville, at (541) 447-5111 ext. Even after decades of fishing experience and “reading the water”, I was amazed to see where fish were holding and in what numbers. I first helped with this many years ago and it made me a far better angler on the Crooked and elsewhere. Fish near the boat are temporally stunned by the electric current and float to the surface where they are captured, counted, and measured. Volunteers walk down the bank of the river while ODFW biologists float and shock the river. The photo is of Tim Porter, ODFW Assistant Deschutes District Fish Biologist, who will present the findings of the survey and talk about other local fishery issues at the July 19th Central Oregon Flyfishers meeting.Įvery year ODFW electrofishes the Crooked River below Bowman Dam to estimate fish size, health, and abundance and they are looking for volunteer help June 21-23. Of course, it was only day one, so I look forward to the final results. That is most likely going to be the case for most of the larger redbands in the river this year. This 20.5″ fish was by far the largest, but had no adipose fin, so was almost certainly one that came down from Prineville Reservoir where hatchery fish are stocked. Extremely low flows and high temperature last fall, cold temperatures in the winter, and flows above the level that introduce gas bubble disease this spring made this an easy forecast. As predicted, the numbers are definitely down from the past few years, maybe only a third as many, but there are fish in there. The good news is that we captured some healthy redbands. Today I helped with the first of four days of fish sampling on the Crooked River below Bowman Dam. ![]()
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