Root River Fishing Report for October 25, 2010
Water and flow conditions
Fishing on the Root River was good over the weekend. Some much needed rain brought a good push of salmon up river especially for Coho salmon. Weekend catches were very mixed between Coho and Chinook salmon with the best fishing near sunrise and sunset.? A couple steelhead and few brown trout were also caught over the weekend.? The rain brought the river up a some areas while increasing the flow rate slightly to make fishing more favorable. Water clarity was still? good and water temperature held around 55-56 degrees Fahrenheit
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Fishing Report
Fishing in Lincoln Park was best? Saturday morning when many? anglers landed some nice sized salmon. Anglers were fly-fishing with wet? flies with effort spread out through the entire park. Harvested Chinook salmon ranged from 7-14 pounds and Coho salmon ranged from 4-8 pounds. On? Sunday despite the large push of Coho salmon in the river catch rates slowed down. However just before sunset a few anglers were able to land some very nice? brightly colored Coho salmon. ?
In Island Park fishing was a little slow over the weekend with successful catches limited. On Saturday morning one angler picked up a large male Chinook salmon weighing 15 pounds and a brown trout that? weighed 5 pounds. Fishing on the popular southeast corner was pretty slow all weekend. A few? angler moved downstream fishing along? Horlick drive which produced some Chinook salmon and a few Coho salmon.
In Washington Park fishing was much better? at? morning bite compared to late afternoon fishing. Anglers were concentrating in the deeper water holes near the cable bridge. On Saturday morning one? fly-fisherman landed a very nice female steelhead that weighted 8 pounds. Catches of Coho salmon were common on Sunday with most? averaging around 6 pounds.
Upstream fishing from the weir was a little hit or miss although fishing pressure was? extremely low over the entire weekend. On? Saturday morning a group of? anglers were fishing upstream from Quarry Lake Park and picked up one large male Chinook salmon and two very nicely colored steelhead. The steelhead? weighted 5 and 7 pounds and were caught on a wet red and white fly.? On? Sunday afternoon a couple? angler were fishing? under the? Horlick dam but only picked up one Chinook salmon. A couple of salmon were active near the dam, but the number of fish here seemed relatively low.
Root River Steelhead Facility Report
DATE: October 26 2010 RIVER TEMP:
Rainbow Trout Chinook Salmon Coho Salmon Brown 6 826 70 10
Trout
Captured
Passed 6 417 42 8
Upstream
