Klammath river dredge holes?

[steve sullivan]

I read in Trey Combs book that Dregde holes are a problem on the klammath. Are they still a problem?

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

He might have meant the gold miners messing up the river?

The Klamath River is good Sept/Oct/Nov and has made a big comeback in the past 5 years or so.

It was very slow in the '80s and early '90s.

[Terry Thomas]

Yes, they still do exist. In fact, many small dredge operators are still doing their thing on the river. Wade carefully!
T.

[Bruce Slightom]

The problem that I have found is that a "test" hole can happen in a run that you had walked down two days before. Miners will do test holes to see what kind of color they get before staking a claim. This happened to me a few years ago at Green Riffle. So be carefull