Fished the American near Hagan from 6-8:30 this morning and caught a healthy mix of pike minnows and algae chubs on a poopah. Those pike minnows are voracious and they were also gorging themselves on tricos. I hope they don't devour the upcoming salmon and steelhead smolts. Hopefully the colder weather will push them downstream. I've never caught one before on the American, and the spots that usually hold steelhead smolts were infested with them. Not a single smolt today.
On the way out I ran into a gear guy who was cleaning a striper he'd just caught. He said he's been seeing a few salmon coming up -- but not by the usual route. They're coming up the slow water in the middle instead of the usual faster and deeper side channel.
Man, the water is warm and low. Praying for El Nino to do its thing.
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