Drifted the top end Saturday.(hatchery to falls) Murder on the nerves through the several rock gardens. Water is low. For a 17' aluminum driftboat it was a tall order. We did make it through unscathed , but boy what a lot of work.
**************Butches place is blocked completely. Both access points are a no go!!!!!
Write a letter to the town ship of Port Alberni. Unbeleivable river with tons of fish. Guess they do not want to promote tourism though. No f#$% boat launches. Oh but they do have a great take out at service rd. Guess that is so Murphy can service his jets. I don't know........
The report: The river has fish throughout it's entire length. Lots of coho. Not as many Chinook that is for sure. But plenty to say the least.Typical, coho in the tailouts, with chinook in the deeper runs and pools.Summers were almost non existant. The snaggers were up to no good again at the various hotspots and doing well. CO's???????
As for fair fish , well we threw everything at them. So did several other guide boats . No go. these fish had lock jaw! Cutthroat were present and willing. Along with some large steelhead smolts.
After a heavy rainfall miday, a seemingly empty canal started showing jumpers . Seems as though several large schools decided to finally move through. Good luck guys, I won't bother again until summers on the top end.
People need to start being held accountable for these poor decisions.
