tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239310602024-02-24T03:06:44.489-06:00Minnesota SteelheaderA non-profit organization providing comprehensive information and insight on steelhead, salmon, trout, and the overall fishery along Minnesota's North Shore of Lake Superior - The Steelhead Highway.Minnesota Steelheaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07594498527663410312noreply@blogger.comBlogger415125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23931060.post-25997269734265330642022-05-10T12:00:00.001-05:002022-05-14T12:43:26.497-05:002022 DNR Running Trap Totals <p><b>2022 Trap Notes: </b>Knife and French Traps open as of April 11, 2022. The first steelhead captured was on 04/18/22. Clipped stocked fish (CL) reported separately with any remaining Kamloops likely reported under clipped (TBD). Wild steelhead (SH) and presumed coaster brook trout (BT) as noted. We're having trouble keeping up with the river temps and flows given the absurd conditions as of 05/14/22 <br /></p><p></p>
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<tr><td>DATE:<b> 5/06/22</b></td><td colspan="4"><div style="text-align: center;">
Knife Flow: <b>CFS</b> </div>
</td><td colspan="5"><div style="text-align: center;">
Avg Temp: <b>°F</b></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>French River</b></td><td align="center"><b>- SH - <br /></b></td><td align="center"><b>- CL - <br /></b></td><td align="center"><b>- BT - <br /></b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>- Total -</b></div>
</td><td><b><b>Knife River</b></b></td><td align="center"><b>- SH - <br /></b></td><td align="center"><b>- CL - <br /></b></td><td align="center"><b>- BT - <br /></b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;"><b>- Total - <br /></b></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">9</td><td align="center">10</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">19</td><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">145</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">150</td></tr>
<tr><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">9</td><td align="center">10</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">19</td><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">156</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">161</td></tr>
<tr><td>DATE:<b> 4/28/22</b></td><td colspan="4"><div style="text-align: center;">
Knife Flow: <b>CFS</b> </div>
</td><td colspan="5"><div style="text-align: center;">
Avg Temp: <b>34.7°F</b></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>French River</b></td><td align="center"><b> SH <br /></b></td><td align="center"><b> CL</b></td><td align="center"><b> BT <br /></b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
</td><td><b><b>Knife River</b></b></td><td align="center"><b> SH <br /></b></td><td align="center"><b> CL <br /></b></td><td align="center"><b> BT <br /></b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;"><b> Total<br /></b></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>NO REPORT </td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">5</td></tr>
<tr><td><br /></td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">11</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">11</td></tr>
<tr><td>DATE:<b> 4/21/22</b></td><td colspan="4"><div style="text-align: center;">
Knife Flow: <b>522 CFS</b> </div>
</td><td colspan="5"><div style="text-align: center;">
Avg Temp: <b>33.5°F</b></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>French River</b></td><td align="center"><b>SH <br /></b></td><td align="center"><b>CL <br /></b></td><td align="center"><b>BT <br /></b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
</td><td><b><b>Knife River</b></b></td><td align="center"><b>SH <br /></b></td><td align="center"><b>CL <br /></b></td><td align="center"><b>BT <br /></b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Total <br /></b></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>NO REPORT </td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">5</td></tr>
<tr><td><br /></td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">6</td></tr>
<tr><td>DATE:<b> 4/18/22</b></td><td colspan="4"><div style="text-align: center;">
Knife Flow: <b>CFS</b> </div>
</td><td colspan="5"><div style="text-align: center;">
Avg Temp: <b>33.0°F</b></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>French River</b></td><td align="center"><b>SH <br /></b></td><td align="center"><b>CL <br /></b></td><td align="center"><b>BT <br /></b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
</td><td><b><b>Knife River</b></b></td><td align="center"><b>SH <br /></b></td><td align="center"><b>CL <br /></b></td><td align="center"><b>BT <br /></b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Total <br /></b></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>NO REPORT </td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1</td></tr>
<tr><td><br /></td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">1<br /></td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">1<br /></td></tr>
<tr><td>DATE:<b> 4/10/22</b></td><td colspan="4"><div style="text-align: center;">
Knife Flow: <b>644 CFS</b> </div>
</td><td colspan="5"><div style="text-align: center;">
Avg Temp: <b>32.5°F</b></div>
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<tr><td><b>French River</b></td><td align="center"><b> SH</b></td><td align="center"><b> CL</b></td><td align="center"><b> BT</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Total</b></div>
</td><td><b><b>Knife River</b></b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>CL</b></td><td align="center"><b>BT</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
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<tr><td>NOT OPEN </td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td>NOT OPEN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td></tr>
<tr><td>2022</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td>2022</td><td align="center">0<br /></td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td></tr>
</tbody></table>NMFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564323298306454560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23931060.post-1635335351323909622022-05-01T14:00:00.003-05:002022-05-02T11:54:48.672-05:00May 1st 2022 Update<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Latest North Shore Conditions: <b>SHORE-WIDE BLOWOUT</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Cripes! There's no way to sugar-coat that and we were just flirting with our first major push of the 2022 season, at least on the Lower Shore. No question there are fish around and have been for a while. They are being caught in the rivers and at the trap, but May 1 flows across the shore are in ludicrous territory. 1800cfs at the Knife, 1580 and climbing at the Baptism, 1400+ at the Arrowhead Brule as of this writing. It's enough to make a steelheader cry but DON'T, one thing we don't need is more water right now! Which is crazy to think given last year's widespread drought, we would have paid cash money for this kind of precipitation.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Lower Shore conditions since MNST started tracking on March 5th. Flow values ice-affected or backwater/backflows prior to April 13th and not posted. The charting ends on April 30th immediately before things got crazy but as we said, we were flirting with it:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3f7GIt1djh7An7h7iAj-MxiUSD7o8k6SS-0WfDbTQQzg-19uGInhx2pre6uVU4a6HML7M9uNgs1O9wndNKc4RnKjFKGr0h_u87xuQS9EEV4WspQ9_k-3HTwqaU8xn3m1G0ytaak1oMiT9SoaTWcijF-3h0ZVEbqkQS4gwmX0KL6mT6KeZSQ/s960/2022%20LWR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3f7GIt1djh7An7h7iAj-MxiUSD7o8k6SS-0WfDbTQQzg-19uGInhx2pre6uVU4a6HML7M9uNgs1O9wndNKc4RnKjFKGr0h_u87xuQS9EEV4WspQ9_k-3HTwqaU8xn3m1G0ytaak1oMiT9SoaTWcijF-3h0ZVEbqkQS4gwmX0KL6mT6KeZSQ/w640-h480/2022%20LWR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mid Shore was trying to warm on the 28th and 29th as flows began dropping:</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSC32mmj0jpip7uFbKaMkOCHKvqRyFQziRESHM7-E2ZGHx-XrNIx6RyNZiprsJ98NryRIvoK55aIhlS37t7T65bBthnBfzsXlq_3bxPx4xh_lytvBXQ8Dx3EoAybywd2ogE30jBGKaS_Kqq5HHeLCqMVbzT9JU_jw8awGiICXKrNh1nQGEJA/s960/2022%20MID.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSC32mmj0jpip7uFbKaMkOCHKvqRyFQziRESHM7-E2ZGHx-XrNIx6RyNZiprsJ98NryRIvoK55aIhlS37t7T65bBthnBfzsXlq_3bxPx4xh_lytvBXQ8Dx3EoAybywd2ogE30jBGKaS_Kqq5HHeLCqMVbzT9JU_jw8awGiICXKrNh1nQGEJA/w640-h480/2022%20MID.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Same for Upper Shore:</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2S5aln1QYa2PFLxZe-xDi0XAezJY_6iG2tQilgwkmsw9Sygcsq3VrYKpABDy_CL_fuHGhFBtsILMvPqckhQzmmjnFCj0KnYr1ZKxv_8jJ_79Nx6zszjap5HnsXoXUBcnqgMS6hiuFbcWcQVyt4E4iANfNxsKYrhS6fNeEQqY_kjZHcTQoMQ/s960/2022%20UPR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2S5aln1QYa2PFLxZe-xDi0XAezJY_6iG2tQilgwkmsw9Sygcsq3VrYKpABDy_CL_fuHGhFBtsILMvPqckhQzmmjnFCj0KnYr1ZKxv_8jJ_79Nx6zszjap5HnsXoXUBcnqgMS6hiuFbcWcQVyt4E4iANfNxsKYrhS6fNeEQqY_kjZHcTQoMQ/w640-h480/2022%20UPR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">For an idea of just how far off the map we are right now, here's a Knife River gaging curve converted to fishing ranges. It illustrates where fishing conditions fall based on gage height and/or flow. If you know the flow, then draw a line straight up from the corresponding number at the bottom (or straight across from a gage reading), it gives you a rough idea of what fishing conditions are likely to be. Things start to get dicey on the Knife at around 500cfs, we're currently <i>triple</i> that: </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSf9BD_tNthnGBXUc5HboCdVjSzdB8LqImWkkh4K09yiazD73JBSeIAEmQV5VypAep5WtQQfqkzi6jsmY3b3cGIhFCorcoIvb_2848fkjZZWyoXT5fUaGEYHZI3vJrHgZhh599rMwrtI3PHO4LKK3-FPc9ZBoB5zqHW-n0vCAcXmPGCQRmnA/s960/Knife%20River%20Rating%20Curve(PostDatumCGH).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSf9BD_tNthnGBXUc5HboCdVjSzdB8LqImWkkh4K09yiazD73JBSeIAEmQV5VypAep5WtQQfqkzi6jsmY3b3cGIhFCorcoIvb_2848fkjZZWyoXT5fUaGEYHZI3vJrHgZhh599rMwrtI3PHO4LKK3-FPc9ZBoB5zqHW-n0vCAcXmPGCQRmnA/w640-h480/Knife%20River%20Rating%20Curve(PostDatumCGH).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> Here's hoping we string a few dry days and some sun together!<p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Regards and tight lines-</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Minnesota Steelheader </span><br /><b></b></p><p><b> </b><br /></p>NMFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564323298306454560noreply@blogger.com0Duluth, MN, USA46.786671899999988 -92.100485218.476438063821142 -127.2567352 75.096905736178826 -56.944235199999994tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23931060.post-46513507175160881142022-04-23T14:41:00.000-05:002022-04-23T14:41:16.273-05:002021 MNST Creel Project Results<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNPOKBXl-ezU9dTppVpYHPjKEKQJUOiXCyT8f1C3mjVZ4677F3cwRkGXEo2LU3GIJdYdOFVYDM6vk-idMuvS6xk8kdr5QNkhmNzpeKLoHsL6KWAKX9Iyu4-h2JyF8eaGbv9ByAPBr5oJkmtQq-6gmb9xjmN-MMvz-tSEsNzprdslfFRH6Uw/s960/Slide1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNPOKBXl-ezU9dTppVpYHPjKEKQJUOiXCyT8f1C3mjVZ4677F3cwRkGXEo2LU3GIJdYdOFVYDM6vk-idMuvS6xk8kdr5QNkhmNzpeKLoHsL6KWAKX9Iyu4-h2JyF8eaGbv9ByAPBr5oJkmtQq-6gmb9xjmN-MMvz-tSEsNzprdslfFRH6Uw/w640-h480/Slide1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: ""serif"","serif";"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span>The
2021 report nearly didn't happen. MNST would like to thank those
anglers who took the time to submit because those reports provided just
enough data to work with. Just one or two fewer submissions to the creel
project and MNST would not have had enough data to publish anything
meaningful. It was that close, so <b>thank you Reporting Anglers! </b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: ""serif"","serif";"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqEDsiIDrh4earGSgF2X2jbq5fVXzi47BQFsQbpDwX3p1-ySIne-OfLjlq4DvVfR3Vx43wEUASWyqikmBmi9kjQsN4XjHC3HcdFxudt-2e6aCV2ydjwMO7i6UG5iQzzkAyzfG_orrXvl4oCiiwbLha19aaM06x1U0Kp99XVMkpbYxPHXbuGg/s960/Slide2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqEDsiIDrh4earGSgF2X2jbq5fVXzi47BQFsQbpDwX3p1-ySIne-OfLjlq4DvVfR3Vx43wEUASWyqikmBmi9kjQsN4XjHC3HcdFxudt-2e6aCV2ydjwMO7i6UG5iQzzkAyzfG_orrXvl4oCiiwbLha19aaM06x1U0Kp99XVMkpbYxPHXbuGg/w640-h480/Slide2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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with the cessation of stocking, and are now reporting clipped and un-clipped
rainbows as well as presumed coaster brook trout. Catch information is
presented in ways we hope provides you with the most accurate picture of
Minnesota's annual and long-term North Shore steelhead run behavior.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
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from an angler's perspective. These tools provide an opportunity to be a more
knowledgeable and most importantly, a more successful North Shore steelheader.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span>While the primary focus has been
fish caught in the tributaries during the spring migration and spawning run, we
appreciate and accept creel reports year-round. MNST analyzes reported catch
dates, region caught, the number caught, measurements of daily flow,
temperature and other open-source fisheries data, the results of which are
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</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>One of the ways we evaluate
overall MNST Creel numbers is to compare them against returns to trap. This helps us both evaluate and validate analysis and reporting methodology, and allows us to fine-tune when and where necessary. To date the project numbers remain positively correlated to MN DNR trap numbers generally. <b>Note:</b> All DNR Fisheries trap operations were closed in 2020 and seining operations were suspended in 2021.</span></span></p><p></p>
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</p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="line-height: 107%;">Pay attention to
where average and maximum stream temperatures cross the MMT threshold in
all of the following charts. Look carefully at catch trends, trap
activity and catch numbers before and after that point. In most of the
charts we highlight MMT for clarity because understanding what's going
on with steelhead, pre and post-MMT in Minnesota tributaries to Lake
Superior, is key to selecting steelheading fishing locations, tactics and
presentations. We'll devote more time to this concept later in this
report and less time on the Lower, Mid and Upper Shore regional
analysis. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><u><span><span style="line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">Lower North Shore Region</span></span></u></b></span></span></p><p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><u><span>2021 Lower Shore Daily
Data</span></u></b></span></span></p>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">The <b>Daily Chart for
Lower Shore</b> illustrates the daily interactions between flow, temperature
and creel trend for the entire run. The daily average and maximum stream
temperatures depicted are actual with the dotted red line representing major upstream migration threshold (MMT).
Stream discharge (flow) is plotted at 10% of the actual figure. We do this on
the daily charts simply because the flow numbers are so high in comparison to
temps and creel trend, that posting the flow number as actual flattens out all
the other data. This makes it difficult to see the subtle interactions between
flow, temps and creel trend. The trend is a mathematical moving average
calculated from the daily numbers of fish reported:</span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: ""serif"","serif";"></span><b><span style="font-family: ""serif"","serif";"></span><u><span style="font-family: ""serif"","serif";"></span></u></b></p><p>
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</p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><u><span>2021 Lower Shore Weekly
Data</span></u></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span>The Weekly Creel Project
charts</span></b><span> better illustrate
how annual regional runs progressed over time. This chart removes much of the
noise in the daily charts and is more intuitive to understand. When compared
against prior runs, it helps illustrate similarity or differences between
annual runs from a regional perspective. It also allows you to see the shifts
in start, peak and end dates between one year and the next along with overall
weekly reported numbers of fish, temperature and flow.</span></span></span></p>
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</p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><u><span>2021 DNR Fisheries Trap
Results</span></u></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span>The final Lower Shore data from
2021 incorporates the Combined DNR French and Knife Trap numbers. This chart
illustrates the publicly reported numbers of both steelhead and kamloops/un-clipped steelhead
captured during up-bound migration in 2021. We have included
the average stream temperatures and actual average flow from our index streams
by week of trap. This affords you another opportunity to see the influence of
stream temperatures and flow on initial as well as major up-bound migration in the context of MMT from a
different data source. MNST uses this data as an additional check against all
other creel trends and the weekly regional data.</span></span></span></p>
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</p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><u><span>2010-2021 Lower Shore
Historical Data</span></u></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">The Lower
Shore Creel Survey - All Time chart</span></b><span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"> below illustrates the total numbers of all rainbows
(kamloops/un-clipped rainbows + steelhead) reported by week for all years in the Creel Project:
2010-2021. Our Lower Shore sample size is now 3619 rainbows combined reported
to creel over 12 years:</span></span></span></p>
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North Shore Region</span></u></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><u><span>2021 Upper
Shore Daily Data</span></u></b><span> </span></span></span></p>
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</p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><u><span>2010-2021 Upper Shore
Historical Data</span></u></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b><span>Upper Shore All Time:</span></b><span> <span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;">1079
fish in the sample. Whats interesting about the Upper Shore historical peak is how extensive it remains in terms of overall time</span>:</span></span></span></p>
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</span></p><p><u><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Coasters and Steelhead</b></span></u></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>852 coasters sampled in the 2010-2021 Creel Project. We have enough data now that
when you plot the Shore-wide historical charts for brook trout and rainbows
together, it is difficult to ignore the correlations in the overall coaster sampling period as well as the strong correlations to Mid and Upper Shore peak rainbow
return to creel. The coasters aren't spawning (they do that in fall), we think they are taking advantage of an abundance of easy food provided in the form of steelhead eggs. Clipped/un-clipped rainbows adjusted to 20% of actual numbers by week:</span></span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4l2mxgyjDuuzaezJbaSHxO32vph6fO6TMTfDTEAGfzebXm4VydywYq9UXj8s7wb8RBmkNwc92cQh2IprUZ3LdsNj2kKSynGdgyIYyfuo8ew2RqoBsk7DihBZu_Bdj24_EMgVF7XT0cxviSG7oV_zq_gSUny-1lxj-vo2q2CE9TYe0oas_Q/s960/Slide14.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4l2mxgyjDuuzaezJbaSHxO32vph6fO6TMTfDTEAGfzebXm4VydywYq9UXj8s7wb8RBmkNwc92cQh2IprUZ3LdsNj2kKSynGdgyIYyfuo8ew2RqoBsk7DihBZu_Bdj24_EMgVF7XT0cxviSG7oV_zq_gSUny-1lxj-vo2q2CE9TYe0oas_Q/w640-h480/Slide14.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p><u><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">Putting it all Together:</span></b></u></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Using all available trap, creel, stream temperature and flow data, MNST has been able to assemble the following chart.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> MN DNR Fisheries data and technical papers note that significant </span>up-bound migration of adult steelhead in Minnesota tributary streams occurs when average daily stream
temperatures attain 38°F <i>and</i> high daily stream temperatures exceed 40°F. MNST calls this point "Major Migration Threshold" or MMT. DNR
fisheries papers discuss this phenomenon, they do not use the term MNST has adopted. This is however where the science and steelhead fishing meet. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">To best illustrate what MNST means, we have plotted annual trap returns and creel reports for 34,863 fish. The dashed red vertical line represents MMT. Because we have both the actual daily flow and temperature data for each year at the time each individual fish sampled, we can calculate and graph those fish returning prior to and after MMT by week. We have further added general breakdowns of techniques and tactics that apply to steelhead fishing in each phase. For you deer hunters, this concept is similar to pre-rut, rut and post-rut phases.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">If you understand where your steelheading trip falls within the following chart in any given year, adapting techniques, tactics and presentations will put you well on the road to success.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Some notable data layers within the chart:</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><b>Shore-fishing range:</b></span></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">As we move closer to ice-out and the river mouths opening up, shore fishing in the vacinity of the streams offers opportunities for staging fish. Float fishing and bottom bouncing rigs as well as swinging/drifting flies in outflows is the name of the game <b> </b></span> <b><br /></b></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><b>Pre-MMT/Cold-water tactics phase:</b> Approximately 9% of all returning fish sampled entered the rivers prior to MMT</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Examples: Fishing slower, deeper water using yarn or bait. Flies work but your drift and presentations require exacting precision to avoid unnatural drifts in slow, clear water. Taking advantage of warmer stream temperatures typically found during afternoon hours frequently pays off. It's o.k. to sleep in...<br /></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> <b>Post-MMT/Transition and warm-water tactics phase:</b> Approximately 91% of all returning fish sampled entered the rivers post-MMT</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Examples: Starting in slower, deeper water in the mornings using yarn or bait when stream temps are cold in the immediate timeframe surrounding MMT. As the water warms approaching or exceeding 40°F on a daily basis, moving into faster water as fish spread out and using yarn or flies. From this point forward, increases in flow drive returning pushes of fish while stream temperatures continue to influence steelhead locations in streams to a degree <br /></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><b>Magic 40° Hot Zone: </b>A staggering 61.6% of all returning fish were </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">sampled during the 14 days immediately following MMT</span> </span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Pretty much everything works, fish are typically everywhere. Don't be afraid to experiment and change up presentations if you're not catching fish <br /></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><b>Drop-back fishing range: </b>All remaining fish sampled comprised of a mix of fresh fish entering the rivers dominated by increased flow events from precipitation, and spawned out fish sampled while leaving the rivers</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Examples: This is the time when flies really shine, particularly when the water is lower and clearer. Work every inch of likely water as fish can be found in all types of water throughout the day. Give the fish a break when water temperatures are elevated. Fish early morning/early evening time periods, reduce fighting and handling times, or consider not fishing at all if water temps are really high to reduce mortality </span></li></ul></ul><p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>In-Stream Population Modelling: </b>DNR fisheries data for the time North
Shore steelhead spend upstream of the trap (approximate time spent in the
river) is 32 days for males and ~24 days for Females on average. Some steelhead
have been documented at 60 days above trap, but this is likely not the norm.</span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">It is also unlikely the average time
spent in stream holds exactly true for all returning fish within all North
Shore streams. Many of our streams are smaller short-run streams which tend to
warm quickly, and can approach thermal stress thresholds far earlier than the
larger ones. What we typically see in the creel data is that by the time
average stream temps exceed 55-58°F, things appear to start wrapping up with fish dropping back out of the streams. We
also have conclusive evidence of steelhead, largely tagged males, traveling
great distances <b>(+/- 60 miles!) </b>in a short amount of time (see the Travel Map below), then moving
in and out of different rivers during the same run year. We're not sure how
long those fish remain in a given river, but since they are trapped, tagged and
subsequently reported from a different river all-together in the same year,
they potentially aren't spending a ton of time in any one stream.</span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">If we assume adult steelhead
remain in the rivers somewhere between 1 and 32 days, then account for the
differences between males and females, you get a conservative median days in
stream of about 14 days. What we did below was to calculate the number of
rainbows returning to 2019 lower shore creel, then calculated the time spent in
the river as a function of in-stream population. The takeaway here is that even
though daily returning steelhead numbers may be low on any given stream, the
population of steelhead available to steelheaders on that stream or in that
region builds over time. Each peak represents new fish entering the system,
while each dip represents fish leaving the system after 14 days:</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><u><span style="font-family: ""serif"","serif";">2010-2021 Shore-wide
Historical Creel Survey</span></u></b></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-family: ""serif"","serif";">The Shore-Wide Creel Survey -
All Time</span></b><span style="font-family: ""serif"","serif";"> represents the
unified picture for all regions of the shore. It represents the "big
picture" for the North Shore with each Region's annual numbers nested
within the chart. This provides you with an at-a-glance reference for
historical North Shore steelhead returns:</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-family: ""serif"","serif";">Each peak from left to right
beginning with the large April 16th - April 22nd peak represent historical
creel peak for Lower, Mid and Upper Shore respectively. The early peak the week
of April 2nd through April 8th was a strong and early run year that is still
evident in the chart. The Upper Shore peak is not quite as defined due to low
late-season reporting from that region.</span></span></p>
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<p><b><u><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">MNST Creel Project Raw
Numbers by Year</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">All-Time raw numbers</span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> reported to the MNST creel for each
species by year with our long-term average:</span></p>
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unnoticed and is greatly appreciated, Cheers!</span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">
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here, please do not hesitate to contact us at Minnesota Steelheader; we are
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I spotted a dozen or so still up in the trees as I drove past one of their neighborhood roosting areas this morning. Even the toms, who had over the last few days been on the ground strutting and gobbling well before sunrise, were hunkered up, clinging to the branches of a spreading maple looking miserable and wet.</p><p>Despite the snow, signs that spring is on the move are everywhere. The buds on maples are swelling red, sap buckets festoon trees at the local sugar bush, and pussy willows are full of fuzzy buds.</p><p>On the North Shore there are clear signs the streams are waking up and shedding ice. I don't get too excited about early flow increases alone. Most of the time it's simply snow-melt running over the top of the ice but when I see this, I start seriously thinking about steelhead:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLjqnkd5HwGrn_FyqpUh8thyiNEf3GMBcpeHKKCoiKpDr6qW7VyP9wAEFl_5NqCo8hUScivT7PZjo1rTpT7gwsG2D_gAhVKkwgpMDVlnvINy4EGjMXmcICuCUfJRDQuJYsQ8lIh9FBjECw5-7E9VhlvlIEc3c_5b5gTkE5NMFTpe5ocD8LQ/s1091/BapT.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="1091" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLjqnkd5HwGrn_FyqpUh8thyiNEf3GMBcpeHKKCoiKpDr6qW7VyP9wAEFl_5NqCo8hUScivT7PZjo1rTpT7gwsG2D_gAhVKkwgpMDVlnvINy4EGjMXmcICuCUfJRDQuJYsQ8lIh9FBjECw5-7E9VhlvlIEc3c_5b5gTkE5NMFTpe5ocD8LQ/w640-h428/BapT.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>What you are looking at here is a gauge reading with stream discharge and water temperature super-imposed over the top of each other. As I said earlier, I don't get overly excited when it's early, the discharge values are high or bouncing around AND, I know for sure that streams are largely iced over.</p><p>What IS exciting are those water temperature readings beginning on March 30th. Note the distinct daily peak increasing each day. That type of signature tells two stories; the first is that the water is warming to which you might say, "Well duh." What isn't quite as apparent is that the ONLY way that happens is there has to be open, ice free water for the sun to be able to do its thing and create that type of signature. It also means that ice-out is accelerating and it's only a (short) matter of time before fish will start entering the rivers.</p><p>We know from the MNST Creel Project and DNR trap data that upwards of 10% of total steelhead returns in any given year will enter rivers as soon as they are able. Based on this signature alone, we are at the point where this early run phase is about to occur. Much will depend on how quickly the river mouths become passable, or enough water is flowing for fish to navigate over the ice and into open water upstream from the mouths. Either way we are getting very close. We are now less than 14 days from the historical steelhead return peaks on the Lower North Shore, it doesn't necessarily mean we are that close this year as the historical peaks are just that, but things are on the move.<br /></p><p>Speaking of historical peaks and the creel project, MNST would really appreciate any creel reports you may be willing to provide. If you are not familiar with this project, you can read about it here on the <a href="http://minnesotasteelheader.com/creelproject.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MNST Creel Project Page</a></p><p>To be clear we DO NOT solicit/post actual fishing reports, nor do we post MNST Creel Project submissions during the actual run in given run year. When you submit a report, all you are providing is the date, species and number caught, the North Shore Region where caught and it is 100% anonymous. If you are concerned that we are somehow using your submissions for nefarious purposes, you are certainly welcome to hold off and submit them at a later date. As long as MNST gets the submissions by June or July we'll incorporate the data into the MNST Creel Project.</p><p>The last item is we have significantly re-worked the submission form. It is far easier to create a submission and it works better from mobile than the old form. You can bookmark the <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfqisqAaRBdw-2wXZo1KGUlV1k8-MgSug702nOMxP7IaFQVBg/viewform?fbclid=IwAR3tQKJ3agnW-i2UVm0Vs6gar9NZ58bDEE224Y6GB8Q6ooIgluw55O7x3Pw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MNST Creel Submission Form here</a> </p><p>We greatly appreciate any and all creel data you are willing to provide!</p><p>Tight Lines-</p><p>The Staff at Minnesota Steelheader<br /></p><p><br /></p>NMFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564323298306454560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23931060.post-7921708285303926952022-03-22T08:00:00.043-05:002022-03-22T08:00:00.188-05:00How are ya' now?!?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBdyxAGFQ0D5C36tgCFQilQFLaqFKay_D1Q9R0KiIx78Mn8CnK0SxHTqxdMWgOCztotJjjqXAeLkyOj0kTfVjpKPt8HTVZq8tEVJcCj8ZhFE97nzA4aCaM87xXl53UTsApyaGpSaaRb3sV1CP1Zxl9tPdQrF2Dbn5TlekEP1Dbz8nXeMI1Ug=s960" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBdyxAGFQ0D5C36tgCFQilQFLaqFKay_D1Q9R0KiIx78Mn8CnK0SxHTqxdMWgOCztotJjjqXAeLkyOj0kTfVjpKPt8HTVZq8tEVJcCj8ZhFE97nzA4aCaM87xXl53UTsApyaGpSaaRb3sV1CP1Zxl9tPdQrF2Dbn5TlekEP1Dbz8nXeMI1Ug=w400-h225" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>Greetings from the Staff at <a href="https://www.minnesotasteelheader.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Minnesota Steelheader</a>, the season is CHANGING! In a sure sign of spring, an enormous tom turkey sporting a brilliant red, white, and blue head tried to kamikaze my car as I was driving to work this week. I slammed on the brakes and honked, he just puffed up and yelled at me from the middle of the road, well, triple-gobbled anyway, but it amounts to the same thing. The chickadees and cardinals are singing their spring songs and sandhill cranes recently made a first appearance.</p><p> Where I am we've had a couple of uncomfortably warm days though full of welcome sunshine. This led to lots of running water and our street becoming a temporary lake due to a blocked storm drain. I got out the tamper-bar, chipped open the grate and watched a spectacular whirlpool develop. The neighbor kids were none to happy with me, my efforts had ruined their carefully constructed hydro-engineering project but when I pointed to the rapidly growing whirlpool, they rushed over and started a new game. Soon ice chunks and snowballs were being sent to their doom after a wild ride through the whirling maelstrom to the delight of a growing crowd of kids.</p><p> That particular drain empties into series of storm-water retention ponds connected by a channel. The channel runs alongside my yard and being a stream aficionado, I had previously constructed my own hydro-engineering project; a series of rock cribs that in early fall are surrounded by blooming spotted touch-me-not's that attract scores of migrating hummingbirds. The touch-me-not's won't poke their heads above ground until the snow is long gone, but as long as there is running water, the channel whispers and babbles and speaks of spring and trout and steelhead. </p><p> The North Shore streams, much like the touch-me-not's, are slumbering beneath a blanket of snow and ice. If there were such thing as a water neuroscientist, they might tell you that the rivers are in REM sleep and dreaming their watery dreams:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmjMiVwSmmSKjQfq8pbRkXNwMbGkbju6tbID7Q-RgjnnpegP_2JGkNbPGM5b0yVFsLmS0PEBVEYWVr0b8QUe3A5nI75KzoSdRnUJvq-o0_RLDUh8YjJKRgV0fj83wuB-8S4AxjQwyahzTwRPztSP-3tlCa0GPFIGc6dt7i-kQLGis8wThqbQ=s975" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="975" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmjMiVwSmmSKjQfq8pbRkXNwMbGkbju6tbID7Q-RgjnnpegP_2JGkNbPGM5b0yVFsLmS0PEBVEYWVr0b8QUe3A5nI75KzoSdRnUJvq-o0_RLDUh8YjJKRgV0fj83wuB-8S4AxjQwyahzTwRPztSP-3tlCa0GPFIGc6dt7i-kQLGis8wThqbQ=w640-h386" width="640" /></a></div><br /> But that's about to change. We're starting to see signs of them waking up with the gauges indicating increasing overflow from snow melt. And while the heavy snow pack makes life difficult for wildlife along the North Shore, we're currently looking at conditions that are setting up potentially ideal run conditions. Snow water equivalents along the North Shore are running around 4-10":<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijfjaQTv4-LOOCOAlZmbH35lPsdMxTfFIiaonL5A-YophJKcxTXQs1h3T8iaItEEzz8PhBEK3pXlNhjaIv62ZDnZyhvToEoOFi_LuIODrqnK0xDLZ-Zo4UdkdD3JTqnaZOefrDIoPstg2YXoaYmrmhx5AFCwvpcCWhOV4jEcQHZZdhqS2Hog=s639" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="619" data-original-width="639" height="620" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijfjaQTv4-LOOCOAlZmbH35lPsdMxTfFIiaonL5A-YophJKcxTXQs1h3T8iaItEEzz8PhBEK3pXlNhjaIv62ZDnZyhvToEoOFi_LuIODrqnK0xDLZ-Zo4UdkdD3JTqnaZOefrDIoPstg2YXoaYmrmhx5AFCwvpcCWhOV4jEcQHZZdhqS2Hog=w640-h620" width="640" /></a><p></p><p> It's hard to imagine but we are already in the deep breath before the plunge. One can never predict with certainty but we are now less than 25 days out from the historical steelhead return peaks on the Lower Shore. One great information source providing snow melt progressions, snow water equivalents and current conditions is the NOAA <a href="https://www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/nsa/index.html?region=Northern_Great_Lakes&year=2022&month=3&day=18&units=e" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Regional Snow Analyses: Northern Great Lakes</a><span> tool. You can follow the data by day, play it out for the prior two weeks, or watch an entire season. </span></p><p><span><a href="https://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/modis/modis.php?region=s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> MODIS</a> satellite imagery is another good resource when trying to figure out early-season conditions. The 250 meter resolution in the images, provided there's no cloud cover, is plenty good enough to identify sediment plumes when they are blooming out into the lake, a sure sign of streams opening up. It's all pretty fascinating stuff actually and beats sitting at home wondering what is going on:</span></p><p><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhf4gvD2kRwRAc1VlOOk6PeoFOI63B7UoI9W4q4gwMhuzP8HMoDAYuvwfNogLVSjVlTpvKZk9hChjW23_va6_KK85F6CfmNuByjo3445m781YIA-iNLgvGRXTTYHpwHqC-eBQY4-FFND9teiXok3b0B7MeTwDgkP_kC9bI8FcvvGjrjQVlTbA=s942" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="942" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhf4gvD2kRwRAc1VlOOk6PeoFOI63B7UoI9W4q4gwMhuzP8HMoDAYuvwfNogLVSjVlTpvKZk9hChjW23_va6_KK85F6CfmNuByjo3445m781YIA-iNLgvGRXTTYHpwHqC-eBQY4-FFND9teiXok3b0B7MeTwDgkP_kC9bI8FcvvGjrjQVlTbA=w640-h390" width="640" /></a></span></div><span><br /> We are closely monitoring conditions and will keep you posted as we spot anything of interest. Until then, wishing you all the best in the season that is to come!</span><p></p><p><span>Minnesota Steelheader </span><br /> <br /></p>NMFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564323298306454560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23931060.post-87525241214226239002021-05-22T10:00:00.003-05:002022-04-25T17:08:27.720-05:002021 DNR Final Trap Totals<p><b>2021 Trap Notes:</b> Seining at French River has been suspended for 2021 due to Covid, totals are expected to be lower. All Lower Shore temperature packages are currently down, DNR creel temps have been substituted where we are able. French River trap closed on May 5th, 2021. No further Knife trap numbers publicly reported after May 12th, 2021 although the trap is likely still in operation. Final numbers TBD <br /></p><p></p><table border="3"><tbody>
<tr><td>DATE:<b> 5/15/21</b></td><td colspan="3"><div style="text-align: center;">
Knife Flow: <b>22 CFS</b> </div>
</td><td colspan="4"><div style="text-align: center;">
Avg Temp: <b>°F</b></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>French River</b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
</td><td><b><b>Knife River</b></b></td><td align="center"><b>SH<br /></b></td><td align="center"><b>KL<br /></b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total <br /></b></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><br /></td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td><br /></td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>FINAL French Total</b></td><td align="center">44</td><td align="center">45</td><td align="center">89</td><td><b>Last Knife Reported</b></td><td align="center">664</td><td align="center">16</td><td align="center">680<br /></td></tr>
<tr><td>DATE:<b> 5/12/21</b></td><td colspan="3"><div style="text-align: center;">
Knife Flow: <b>26 CFS</b> </div>
</td><td colspan="4"><div style="text-align: center;">
Avg Temp: <b>48°F</b></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>French River</b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
</td><td><b><b>Knife River</b></b></td><td align="center"><b>SH<br /></b></td><td align="center"><b>KL<br /></b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total <br /></b></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><br /></td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">20</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">20</td></tr>
<tr><td>FINAL French Total</td><td align="center">44</td><td align="center">45</td><td align="center">89</td><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">664</td><td align="center">16</td><td align="center">680<br /></td></tr>
<tr><td>DATE:<b> 5/05/21</b></td><td colspan="3"><div style="text-align: center;">
Knife Flow: <b>44 CFS</b> </div>
</td><td colspan="4"><div style="text-align: center;">
Avg Temp: <b>50°F</b></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>French River</b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
</td><td><b><b>Knife River</b></b></td><td align="center"><b>SH<br /></b></td><td align="center"><b>KL<br /></b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total <br /></b></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><br /></td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">53</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">53</td></tr>
<tr><td>FINAL French Total</td><td align="center">44</td><td align="center">45</td><td align="center">89</td><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">644</td><td align="center">16</td><td align="center">660<br /></td></tr>
<tr><td>DATE:<b> 5/03/21***</b></td><td colspan="3"><div style="text-align: center;">
Knife Flow: <b>55 CFS</b> </div>
</td><td colspan="4"><div style="text-align: center;">
Avg Temp: <b>45°F</b></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>French River CLOSED<br /></b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
</td><td><b><b>Knife River</b></b></td><td align="center"><b>SH<br /></b></td><td align="center"><b>KL<br /></b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total <br /></b></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">4</td><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0<br /></td></tr>
<tr><td>FINAL French Total</td><td align="center">44</td><td align="center">45</td><td align="center">89</td><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">591</td><td align="center">16</td><td align="center">607<br /></td></tr>
<tr><td>DATE:<b> 4/28/21</b></td><td colspan="3"><div style="text-align: center;">
Knife Flow: <b>174 CFS</b> </div>
</td><td colspan="4"><div style="text-align: center;">
Avg Temp: <b>40°F</b></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>French River</b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
</td><td><b><b>Knife River</b></b></td><td align="center"><b>SH<br /></b></td><td align="center"><b>KL<br /></b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total <br /></b></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">1<br /></td><td align="center">3<br /></td><td align="center">4</td><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">10<br /></td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">10</td></tr>
<tr><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">40</td><td align="center">45</td><td align="center">85</td><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">591</td><td align="center">16</td><td align="center">607<br /></td></tr>
<tr><td>DATE:<b> 4/21/21</b></td><td colspan="3"><div style="text-align: center;">
Knife Flow: <b>85 CFS</b> </div>
</td><td colspan="4"><div style="text-align: center;">
Avg Temp: <b>43°F</b></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>French River</b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
</td><td><b><b>Knife River</b></b></td><td align="center"><b>SH<br /></b></td><td align="center"><b>KL<br /></b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total <br /></b></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">27</td><td align="center">31</td><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">21</td><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">25</td></tr>
<tr><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">39</td><td align="center">42</td><td align="center">81</td><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">581</td><td align="center">16</td><td align="center">597<br /></td></tr>
<tr><td>DATE:<b> 4/15/21</b></td><td colspan="3"><div style="text-align: center;">
Knife Flow: <b>238 CFS</b> </div>
</td><td colspan="4"><div style="text-align: center;">
Avg Temp: <b>42°F</b></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>French River</b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
</td><td><b><b>Knife River</b></b></td><td align="center"><b>SH<br /></b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">10</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">10</td><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">124</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">126</td></tr>
<tr><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">35</td><td align="center">15</td><td align="center">50</td><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">560</td><td align="center">12</td><td align="center">572</td></tr>
<tr><td>DATE:<b> 4/08/21</b></td><td colspan="3"><div style="text-align: center;">
Knife Flow: <b>449 CFS</b> </div>
</td><td colspan="4"><div style="text-align: center;">
Avg Temp: <b>42°F</b></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>French River</b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
</td><td><b><b>Knife River</b></b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">25<br /></td><td align="center">15</td><td align="center">40</td><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">436</td><td align="center">10</td><td align="center">446</td></tr>
<tr><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">25</td><td align="center">15</td><td align="center">40</td><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">436</td><td align="center">10</td><td align="center">446</td></tr>
<tr><td>DATE:<b> 4/05/19</b></td><td colspan="3"><div style="text-align: center;">
Knife Flow: <b>124 CFS</b> </div>
</td><td colspan="4"><div style="text-align: center;">
Avg Temp: <b>°F</b></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>French River</b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
</td><td><b><b>Knife River</b></b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b> KL </b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>TRAP OPEN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td></tr>
<tr><td>NO SEIN-COVID</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td></tr>
<tr><td>DATE:<b> 4/01/21</b></td><td colspan="3"><div style="text-align: center;">
Knife Flow: <b>101 CFS</b> </div>
</td><td colspan="4"><div style="text-align: center;">
Avg Temp: <b>°F</b></div>
</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>French River</b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
</td><td><b><b>Knife River</b></b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
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</tbody></table>NMFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564323298306454560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23931060.post-25241556079121458102021-03-27T18:03:00.003-05:002021-03-27T23:36:37.946-05:002020 MNST Creel Project Results<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfo5TK76cUsqtzDACC4tPsdRFCY12AguXKx2bgu_rW9QNcZX3iQu8gwNBTeHHMSae41eEtYMaeJNnNuyY4noSQG-7t18mnOcyQG0lTkae9U9rzJBzuQNYxnDtlE4A4cOt6VX4G/s2048/Ben_LesterI_16.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfo5TK76cUsqtzDACC4tPsdRFCY12AguXKx2bgu_rW9QNcZX3iQu8gwNBTeHHMSae41eEtYMaeJNnNuyY4noSQG-7t18mnOcyQG0lTkae9U9rzJBzuQNYxnDtlE4A4cOt6VX4G/w400-h400/Ben_LesterI_16.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />The 2020 Minnesota Steelheader Creel Project - or - Covid Stinks!</span></b><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><u><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For those not familiar with the MNST Creel Project</span></b></u> <br /></span></b></span></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
<span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Each
year, Minnesota Steelheader collects angler-submitted creel reports of
unclipped steelhead, clipped fish <span>and p</span>resumed coaster brook trout through our <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfqisqAaRBdw-2wXZo1KGUlV1k8-MgSug702nOMxP7IaFQVBg/viewform?fbclid=IwAR3tQKJ3agnW-i2UVm0Vs6gar9NZ58bDEE224Y6GB8Q6ooIgluw55O7x3Pw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Creel Project Collection Page</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">.
This catch information is presented in ways we hope provides you with
the most accurate picture of Minnesota's annual and long-term North
Shore steelhead run behavior.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">
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<span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">While the primary focus involves fish caught in the tributaries during the Spring migration and spawning run, <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">we appreciate and accept creel reports year-round</span>.
MNST analyzes reported catch dates, region caught, the numbers by
species, measurements of daily flow, temperature, MN DNR Fisheries trap and other open-source
fisheries data, the results of which are charted in Daily, Weekly and
Historical formats.</span></span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>For comprehensive information regarding the who, what, when, where and why of the MNST Creel Project, see the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/23931060/2056326196238703341" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Full Information</a></span><span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> contained in the the 2019 Creel Project Results link.</span></span></span></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><u><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">2010-2020 Creel Reporting Re<span>gions</span></span></b></u></span><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
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<span style="font-family: georgia;"><u><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Long-Term Creel Project Findings:</span></b></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For 2020, we're going to take a slightly different tack, skip the salad and get right to the steak. The biggest issue with 2020 obviously was freaking Covid and the unknowns surrounding data collection in the middle of a pandemic. Our "hands off" approach to marketing the 2020 Creel Project ultimately resulted in the bare minimum data needed to pull off an annual report. If the 2020 project were a race, our shoes came untied out of the blocks, we wiped out 20 feet from the finish when our shorts fell down, we rolled another 15 feet and the tooth that got knocked out when we hit the pavement is what actually bounced across the finish line... To those of you who submitted reports in 2020 we thank you, black eye, bloody shins and all!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">But pandemic and scant 2020 data be damned, MNST has been doing this for over a decade now; we've collected tons of information and refined presentations to the point where we can provide you with what we feel is the best information out there on steelhead and Minnesota's portion of the North Shore:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz-ubXNiRqfHrlnq45Pl06UTPkqpIoX0E-OwZr5XL_95d6W9ShpN0dgEqrpEh-Wku2PouvpYs5h5NJR6KF_z0_5JcJtDqB5_tFsdolSe9AXQc6_Ym7-EKfJyjuFzueI7ohBkby/s960/Slide14.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz-ubXNiRqfHrlnq45Pl06UTPkqpIoX0E-OwZr5XL_95d6W9ShpN0dgEqrpEh-Wku2PouvpYs5h5NJR6KF_z0_5JcJtDqB5_tFsdolSe9AXQc6_Ym7-EKfJyjuFzueI7ohBkby/w640-h480/Slide14.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What you are looking at represents combined DNR Fisheries Trap and MNST Creel data presented in a fishing context. There are over 33,000 fish represented in this sample along with all the Lower, Mid and Upper Shore annual stream temperature and flow data collected over nearly 20 years broken down into 4 distinct phases.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For those of you who are deer hunters, this is a lot like the phases of the whitetail rut only here we are presenting steelhead migration in terms of stream temperatures and time. The most critical concept is understanding what is going on before we hit what MNST calls major migration threshold (MMT) and what is going on after any given stream or region has met or passed the threshold.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><u><b>Shore-Fishing Range:</b></u></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Our shore-fishing range begins heating up about 10 weeks on average prior to MMT in any given year. The closer we get to ice-out in the streams, the more steelhead begin cruising and staging off the river mouths. Chances are good for coho salmon catches and any remaining kamloops from shore during this time as well.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><u><b>Ice-Out and Early Stream Fishing:</b></u></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As soon as the stream ice begins to break up and flows allow, fish will begin attempting to enter the streams. MNST calls this phase pre-MMT. Approximately 3,000 fish have been sampled during this phase which represents 9% of all returns. The important items to note are that returns during this phase appear to have very little correlation to increases in stream flow. Success is largely dependant on understanding and employing cold-water steelheading tactics: Fishing current breaks and slower water, targeting afternoons when stream temperatures reach their maximums, being mobile and looking for warmer water as well as utilizing bait presentations and tactics if you are not strictly into fly fishing are critical to success. Note too that this (or any other) phase depicted in the chart doesn't always last exactly 5 weeks. There is a high degree of variability on a year-to-year basis and much depends on how quickly the streams warm up. There are also differences by region. Generally we see a progression from south to north with distinct differences in timing between Lower, Middle and Upper Shore but again, much depends on warming.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><u><b>Magic 40°:</b></u></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If you had to pick a time to be steelheading anywhere on the north shore, hitting the sweet spot when streams are flirting with 40°F and higher for the first time since ice out is it; and the evidence isn't just anecdotal, it's overwhelming. Both the DNR's trap data and MNST's creel data show that the point major upstream migrations of adult steelhead begin occurring are when daily stream temperatures attain an average of 38°F combined with daily high stream temperatures exceeding 40°F. That point is visualized in the above chart as the vertical dashed line at week zero. Note that pre-MMT returns are 9% vs. post-MMT returns of 91% of all fish sampled. What's even more significant is that of the over 33,000 fish sampled, 62% or 20,733 were sampled in the 14 days immediately post-MMT during what we'll call the steelheading Hot Zone for lack of a better term. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The tricky part here is there are so many variables from stream to stream and region to region, not to mention annual variables in weather and warming, that predition of MMT is impossible. Given our stream monitoring tools and data models MNST can plot it after the fact, and sometimes we can see it coming; but at best we are only talking a couple of days out. All it takes is a big snow-melt event or a late winter storm and we're back to square one.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The biggest thing here is if you can swing some outings during this phase by all means do it, you will not be disappointed. Pretty much any technique and presentation you can think of is going to take fish during this phase. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><u><b>Post-MMT:</b></u></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Once North Shore streams attain and maintain MMT, subsequent returns or runs of fish are strongly correlated to flow and it pays to watch the weather. Any increase in flow driven by precipitation will draw fresh fish during this entire phase, including fish which have dropped out of other rivers after completing spawining. MNST has some interesting data on tagged fish, what they do and where they go after being sampled and tagged at the traps in a given year. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The post-MMT phase is where fly presentations and tactics really shine. Much of this has to do with how steelhead relate to and utilize fast water in warmer stream temperatures. The good news is you don't need a fly rod to fish flies. Spinning rigs can be adapted to fly presentations easily, and many on the North Shore use hybrid monofilament setups with flyrods to effectively target fish in the unique rocky stream environment of the North Shore.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">As average stream temperatures rise into the upper 40°'s and spwaning activity winds down, there's a period of time when fish seem to strap on the feedbags as they rest and begin dropping back out of the rivers. Strikes can be incredibly aggressive followed up with screaming runs and aerial acrobatics. MNST encourages all anglers to monitor stream temps and not over-play fish, especially towards the latter parts of this phase when water temps are pushing into the 60°s.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><u><b>Final Thoughts on the Chart:</b></u> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The chart shows the overall picture of steelhead return activity across the entire shore, but that doesn't mean things happen simultaneously across the North Shore or even within a given region of the Shore. The length of time for each given phase is also variable, with local conditions, remaining snow pack, precipitation events and overall stream warming dictating how long each phase lasts. Generally there is a progression to the steelhead run from south to north. For example in a year where the Lower Shore is already in the MMT Hot Zone, the Upper Shore can still be in the early cold-water, pre-MMT phase. Overall, the progressions and phases depicted in the chart apply equally to all three Shore regions regardless of independant start, peak and end dates in any given stream, region and year. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><u><b>2020 MNST Creel Project Salad</b></u> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVyc6V2Hady_qgzCwjU2ng8UN3k8PfW2VZXgBu4W0ZRve7dnIEz1L9vH2Ym6iskwWuQtQAdrlB8bj4X6a2XPLHA2H6E39vMh_kuO1V2X10PEEwQeFJUQCT7NCUpgoCCbwgYWK3/s960/Slide1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVyc6V2Hady_qgzCwjU2ng8UN3k8PfW2VZXgBu4W0ZRve7dnIEz1L9vH2Ym6iskwWuQtQAdrlB8bj4X6a2XPLHA2H6E39vMh_kuO1V2X10PEEwQeFJUQCT7NCUpgoCCbwgYWK3/w640-h480/Slide1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Given the relative lack of data collected in 2020, we're not as comfortable with any of the normal in-depth analysis we typically provide. As we stated earlier, we received just enough data to put together charts, but not quite enough to draw any concrete conclusions. We'll point out anything of significance in a chart where warranted.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></b><u><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></b></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lower North Shore Region</span></b></u></span></div><p></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><u><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">2020 Lower Shore Daily Data</span></b></u></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">
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<span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The <b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Daily Chart for Lower Shore</span></b>
illustrates the daily interactions between flow, temperature and creel
trend for the entire run. The daily average and maximum stream
temperatures depicted are actual with the dotted red line representing
MMT. Stream discharge (flow) is plotted at 10% of the actual figure. We
do this on the daily charts simply because the flow numbers are so high
in comparison to temps and creel trend, that posting the flow number as
actual flattens out all the other data. This makes it difficult to see
the subtle interactions between flow, temps and creel trend. The trend
is a mathematical moving average calculated from the daily numbers of
fish reported:</span><br /></span>
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better illustrate how annual regional runs progressed over time. This
chart removes much of the noise in the daily charts and is more
intuitive to understand. When compared against prior runs, it helps
illustrate similarity or differences between annual runs from a regional
perspective. It also allows you to see the shifts in start, peak and
end dates between one year and the next along with overall weekly
reported numbers of fish, temperature and flow.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">
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<span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>The 2020 Lower Shore Weekly</b>
is typical of what we see year after year: Lower numbers of adult fish
entering the streams early followed by peak up-bound migration and
subsequent creel catch as MMT is attained. Peak steelhead fishing occurs
post-MMT with decreasing catch over a several week period.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">
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below illustrates the total numbers of all rainbows (kamloops +
steelhead) reported by week for all years in the Creel Project, 2010-2020: </span></span><br /></span>
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Lower Shore migration historically starts sometime around the beginning of
April but has seen its earliest start around March 9th.
The latest end date was the second week in June, but mid-May is far more
common. This is the general framework inclusive of the very earliest
migration start and latest migration end dates from a historical
perspective. Much of the year-to-year timing depends upon how early or
how late the streams begin to warm and open up on an annual basis, with
the peaks related to when Lower Shore streams hit MMT.</span></span></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">
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<span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Within
that framework however the developing picture shows a strong Lower
Shore historical peak migration week of April 16th through April 22nd. These dates closely agree with
and are independently supported by DNR trap numbers from the French and
Knife river. As of the last Juvenile and Adult Trap Supplemental Report,
the single date with the greatest numbers of rainbows sampled over time
at the trap has been April 20th. The practical application from a
steelhead fishing perspective is that if you are trying to plan a Lower Shore trip
for any given year and have no other information to go on, April 16th
through the 22nd is likely your best starting point. If you were a
bookie, that would be your Lower Shore money-week.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">
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the peaks illustrated during the weeks of April 30th and May 14th
represents historical "late" and "latest" migration year peaks still
apparent in the overall data. 2020 falls squarely in the "normal average" run period.
These peaks will likely change over time with larger sample sizes, just
as shifts in the overall peak week may also develop in the future due to
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<span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">2020 Mid Shore fishing was quite extended and trends really picked up after a significant bump in flow around May 1st:</span><br /></span>
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Mid Shore has always been a bit of an enigma, but a clearer picture continues to emerge:</span><br /></span>
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Upper Shore flirted with MMT around the 17th of April in which you can see an unmistakable increase in catch trend. The lack of reports and data between the 20th and May 1st created a few issues for analysis:</span><br /></span>
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Same general pattern noted here with increases in catch post-MMT:</span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">
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represents the unified picture for all regions of the shore. It
represents the "big picture" for the North Shore with each Region's
annual numbers nested within the chart. This provides you with an
at-a-glance reference for historical North Shore steelhead returns:</span><br /></span>
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peak from left to right beginning with the large April 16th - April
22nd peak represent historical creel peak for Lower, Mid and Upper Shore
respectively. The early peak the week of April 2nd through April 8th
was a strong and early run year that is still evident in the chart. The
Upper Shore peak is not quite as defined due to low late-season
reporting from that region, but it is beginning to clarify.</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
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<span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">One last North Shore steelhead note: </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">DNR fisheries data on <span>the </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">time </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">North Shore steelhead </span>spend<span> </span>upstream of the trap (approximate time spent in the river) is 32 days for males and ~24 days for Females </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">on average</span>. Some steelhead have been documented at 60 days above trap, but this is not the norm.</span><br /></span>
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is unlikely the average time spent in stream holds exactly true for all
returning fish within all North Shore streams. Many of our streams are
smaller short-run streams which tend to warm quickly, and can approach
thermal stress thresholds far earlier than the larger ones. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">What
we typically see in the creel data is that by the time average stream
temps exceed 54-58°F, things appear to start wrapping up. </span>We also have conclusive evidence of steelhead, largely tagged males, traveling great distances </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>(+/- 60 miles!) </b></span>in
a short amount of time, then moving in and out of different rivers
during the same run year. We're not sure how long those fish remain in a
given river, but since they are trapped, tagged and subsequently
reported from a different river all-together in the same year, they
probably aren't spending a ton of time in any one stream. </span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">
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we assume adult steelhead remain in the rivers somewhere between 1 and
32 days, then account for the differences between males and females, you
get a conservative median days in stream of about 14. What we did below
was to calculate the number of rainbows returning to 2019 lower shore
creel, then calculated the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">in-stream population </span>as a function of </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">time spent in the river</span>.
The takeaway here is that even though daily returning steelhead numbers
may be low on any given stream, the population of steelhead available
to steelheaders on that stream or in that region builds over time. Each
peak represents new fish entering the system, while each dip represents
fish leaving the system after 14 days:</span><br /></span>
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highest availability of rainbows in terms of numbers in any given
stream within a region probably lasts ~21 days on year to year basis. At
a regional level, these peaks have some overlap; so too at the
Shore-wide level. The actual period of rainbow availability in any given
region is actually much longer.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">
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in mind that in-stream population numbers are much lower on both the
front and back-end of the run in any given stream, but build quickly as
temperatures approach MMT. In-stream populations can also drop quickly
if streams approach thermal stress thresholds on the tail-end of the
run. When you look at the above period post-MMT (5/1-5/22), it
illustrates in yet another way that the immediate post-MMT period is
your best shot at catching steelhead.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">
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you live close to the rivers, or are able to spend a lot of time on the
rivers, this MMT focus may not be as important to you. But, if you have
to plan for just a few short days each year, knowing how MMT affects
steelhead movement on the North Shore can put you right in the
steelheading wheelhouse.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">
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<span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The
picture being developed through applying your submitted reports to the
Creel Project shows that the typical steelhead season in Minnesota is
around 60 days on average with about 21 days of peak fishing in each
Region. If you are willing to follow the migration as it develops from
Lower Shore through the Mid and Upper Shore and remain flexible, it's an
incredibly sweet deal for a steelheader.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">
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<span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>All-Time raw numbers</b> reported to the MNST creel for steelhead, kamloops and coasters <span>b</span>y year with MNST's long-term average in the last column:</span><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span><span>MNST extends </span></span>our sincere thanks and gratitude to <b>all</b> of the hard-working folks at </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/areas/fisheries/lakesuperior/index.html"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">Minnesota DNR Fisheries</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">.
Your dedication and commitment to the management and preservation of
natural resources in the State of Minnesota does not go unnoticed and is
greatly appreciated. Oh, and all those technical papers and reports
you put out, we actually read them. Cheers!<span><span> </span></span> </span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">
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<span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">And
so, from all of us at Minnesota Steelheader, we hope you find this
information interesting, informative and useful. Most especially, a
gigantic THANK YOU! Without your participation in the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.minnesotasteelheader.com/creelproject.html"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">MNST Creel Project</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> none of this is possible. If you have any questions about what you've read here, please do not hesitate to contact us at <a href="mailto:mnsteelheader@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Minnesota Steelheader</a>; we are happy to respond.</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span>B</span>est of luck, good fishing and we'll see you on the water-</span></i></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Crew at Minnesota Steelheader</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">©2020 | <span>M</span>innesota Steelheader</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Knife & French River Trap and statistical data provided by <a href="https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/areas/fisheries/lakesuperior/management.html#mnfishing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MN DNR Fisheries</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Discharge and Temperature Data Provided by the following:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://waterdata.usgs.gov/mn/nwis/rt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">USGS</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/csg/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MN DNR Cooperative Stream Gaging</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.lakesuperiorstreams.org/streams/stream_data.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lake Superior Streams.org</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Observational Data (snow-pack) by <a href="http://ge.ssec.wisc.edu/modis-today/index.php?viewcal=true&satellite=t1&product=true_color" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MODIS Today</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Additional Stream and Bio-Station Data by <a href="https://cf.pca.state.mn.us/water/watershedweb/wdip/index.cfm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Minnesota Pollution Control Agency</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Head Moose Train<span>er: Bill Berditzmann </span></span><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span><br /></span></span>NMFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564323298306454560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23931060.post-76809521558808271782020-04-14T12:56:00.000-05:002020-04-14T12:56:11.687-05:002020 egg take operations suspended<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: orange; font-family: inherit;">2020 egg take operations suspended canceled due to COVID-19 social distancing protocols</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">April 14, 2020</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will cancel its 2020 egg take operations for walleye, northern pike, muskellunge and steelhead because the work cannot be done safely under COVID-19 social distancing guidelines. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Collecting eggs and sperm from spawning fish in the wild is a labor intensive effort that requires teams of 6-8 people working in close proximity. After a careful examination of whether the egg take process could be re-engineered, the DNR determined that is was not possible to safely handle fish during the egg take and practice appropriate social distancing to protect staff from COVID-19.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The DNR collects eggs each spring to hatch, raise and then release either as fry or fingerlings to stock Minnesota waters that have low or no natural reproduction of these fish species. While this stocking is important to maintain fish populations and angling opportunities over time, missing one year will not cause long-term harm to the fish population of any waterbody.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Fish populations naturally are made up of fish hatched in different years, so a missing or weak year class is not uncommon,” said Brad Parsons, fisheries section manager for the DNR. “In fact, in lakes with natural reproduction, a strong year class often follows a weak year class, so not stocking for one year might actually benefit the following year’s stocked fry.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Canceling egg take activities means walleye eggs and fry will not be available for the DNR’s cooperative fish management programs with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and White Earth Nation. In addition, the DNR will not be able to fulfill requests from private sector hatcheries to purchase eggs and fry in 2020.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Since hatchery rearing ponds will not be in use, the DNR will lower the water levels in many of these ponds to improve long-term productivity and future fish-rearing capacity. Other hatchery repairs, such as dike and pond improvements, also can be done when water levels drop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Because this winter was relatively mild in southern Minnesota, there should be good numbers of walleye in natural rearing ponds that were not harvested last fall. Those fish will help replace some fingerlings for the 2020 season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Minnesota joins some other Midwest states including South Dakota, Michigan and Indiana in suspending egg take operations. In addition, the USFWS canceled all planned lake sturgeon production for 2020.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">News release link: <a href="https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/news/2020/04/14/2020-egg-take-operations-suspended-canceled-due-covid-19-social-distancing-protocols">https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/news/2020/04/14/2020-egg-take-operations-suspended-canceled-due-covid-19-social-distancing-protocols</a></span></div>
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Minnesota Steelheaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07594498527663410312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23931060.post-38146002654767651262020-04-04T17:12:00.003-05:002020-04-07T00:21:45.995-05:00Important Announcement from Minnesota Steelheader<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6IsNMHy3C-qb0DZ2Ydff1GJUz-lqafrdzvqbvCrxv7dXoLvrqzGwMiLCGTAyesr8TcL6iCSaZjoqNIgZCzL2Sr0el3D4jPhzTBMjK4SGBQZl0IdrkNTTgIl4_sitk2yjBekBm/s1600/IMG_5007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6IsNMHy3C-qb0DZ2Ydff1GJUz-lqafrdzvqbvCrxv7dXoLvrqzGwMiLCGTAyesr8TcL6iCSaZjoqNIgZCzL2Sr0el3D4jPhzTBMjK4SGBQZl0IdrkNTTgIl4_sitk2yjBekBm/s200/IMG_5007.JPG" width="150" /></a>When this organization was started nearly 20 years ago, we set out with the mission to Inform, Inspire and Educate any and all who had an interest in this great fishery we call the North Shore. Since that time, Minnesota Steelheader has written hundreds of articles, started many projects and programs, adopted a river, provided numerous free clinics and seminars covering the full range of Steelheading opportunities in Minnesota, and participated in State Advisory Groups and scientific studies. Our visitors and followers have grown from just a handful in the US to now hosting tens of thousands of friends from Canada, Great Britain, France, Denmark, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia. We are constantly humbled and greatly appreciate you all. You see, Steelheading is our passion.<br />
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Minnesota Steelheader is made up of a group of incredible people. We are all volunteers from many walks of life who live and work along the North Shore as well as in other parts of our great State, and we deeply care about the people in our communities. We are all in this together even though, for a time, we will have to be apart.<br />
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It is with great sadness but equally greater resolve that effective April 4th, 2020, Minnesota Steelheader is canceling our planned spring clinics. We will work with those who have signed up to develop plans for the future. Registered clinic participants who have made a donation to our spring <a href="https://minnesotasteelheader.com/wotfclinic.html" target="_blank">Women on the Fly clinic</a> may request a refund via our contact e-mail: Minnesota Steelheader<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lower Sucker River access update:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The 2020 North Shore spring steelhead season is sure to be
an interesting one. As we post this
update, some of the rivers have opened up though still too high to fish. For those anglers who have enjoyed fishing
the Sucker River over the years, we are happy to report another year of privileged
access is available to us. If you are
not aware of the closure issue downstream-left at the scenic 61 access, please
stop here and <a href="http://minnesotasteelheader.blogspot.com/2017/04/sucker-river-angler-access-no-more.html" target="_blank">READ THIS</a>. After that, <a href="http://minnesotasteelheader.blogspot.com/2018/09/sucker-river-access-closed.html" target="_blank">READ THIS</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For the 2020 spring season, the land owner is allowing angler access across his property from April 10<sup>th</sup>
– May 26<sup>th</sup>. This is always
pending treatment of property by anglers. Signs are posted at the access point. Fishing before the 10<sup>th</sup></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">
is being monitored by conservation officers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As you likely recall, access at this location was
closed a few years ago due to the disrespect to property, property damage, and
the level of annual litter. This past year’s owner report
was <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“the fishermen were good and most
were respectful.”</i> We are hopeful that the “most” becomes “all” in 2020. The owner enjoys visiting with the anglers,
though social distance this year will likely still in order, and hopes all anglers have enjoyable
experiences.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you plan to fish this portion of the Sucker River, please
be mindful that this access and all other private land access (there are a lot) to river fishing
haunts are a privilege, don’t be that guy, please. Treat others land with respect, leave as you
found it or better, pick up the trash of others and we will continue to have access
to enjoyable fishing for us and the next generation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Use this post to share your successes on the sucker river as
well as any issues you find. We wish the
best of luck to those able to fish this year.
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> As we've said before, the MNST Creel Project really grew out of a desire to understand what makes North Shore steelhead tick and by way of understanding, help us all to become more successful steelhead anglers. Conventional wisdom at the time was that stream flows were/are THE primary influence on steelhead migration movement during the runs. What we noted back then was that this held true on North Shore streams except for when it didn't; and those "When it didn't" years generated some spectacular early-season skunks along with a pathological compulsion to do the research and figure it out. Hey, we nerds like to catch fish too....</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> What we eventually zeroed in on was that there appeared to be a significant difference between the very earliest portions of the runs and the remainder of the season. In looking at old fishing logs, DNR creel reports, talking with other anglers and reviewing flow and stream temperatures, we started to notice a pattern. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">T</span>he basic pattern was that<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>steelhead activity and catch early in the run was low in spite of </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ideal flow conditions most of the time. And when we say<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, "early in the run"</span>,</span></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">we're talking about </span>stream temperatures between a low of 33°F and a high <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">around </span>37°F. Oh, we looked at a ton of other known variables with influences on game and fish as well (our photo-period charts would drive you bonkers), but none of those other metrics seemed to yield anything close to a Eureka! moment. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> All of this evidence was anecdotal of course, and that was the point at which we really got down and dirty with any and all available technical papers and publications related to North Shore steelhead. The first indications we were on the right path happened when we found this key reference regarding steelhead: <b>"Upstream movement in the spring also initiates when maximum daily water temperatures exceed 40°F and mean (average) daily water temperatures exceed 37.94°F" (2005 MN DNR Knife River Adult Trap Report).</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> What stood out to us was that early cold water returns to trap were approximately 10% of total returns to trap across the board with the peak of returns occurring at ~40°-50<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">°F</span>. Of the 21,578 fish in those samples, roughly 2,230 returned to trap while the water below 40°F. This was great data, but it wasn't enough to explain whether North Shore steelhead followed the<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> accepted rules </span>flow in early-run cold water. MNST then set out to develop a way to track flows, temperature and steelhead, and the MNST Creel Project was developed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> This was a hell of a lot trickier than it sounds. In an aver<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">age Creel Project year, we're capturing so<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">me 80,000+ individual stream temperature and flow data points from at least 4 different streams spread across all three region's of the shore. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For e<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">xample, the chart below is what a single day looks like from one of the Lower Shore stations. This one happens to be the day this particular stream reached the DNR's "upstream movement of adult steelhead in the spring also initiates" definition <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">meaning the maximum water temps exceeded 40°F while the daily temperature average exceeded 37.94°F.</span> Each red triangle is a unique temp reading over the course of 24 ho<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">urs</span>:</span></span> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ultimately MNST figured out a way to cram all of this stream data into a chart which included creel reporting and trends and helps us make sense of the information from a steelheading perspective. But we're getting ahead of ourselves. T<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">he </span>only way to show you how this information can be used to catch steelhead<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>on the North Shore is to go backwards in time...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> To do that, MNST requested trap data from MN DNR fisheries, and they came through in a big way. Our MNST creel data is good, but we needed a control to compare it against, and the Adult Trap data is the best there is. By looking backwards, we've been able to compare Knife River Adult Trap (KRAT) samples of ~25,000+ fish against MNST's relatively smaller sample of ~7,000 fish. </span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> The only significant issue we have is that we never captured pre-2003 daily stream temps in a way that allows us to go back and examine it in detail later; this is why you don't see any pre-2003 charts, we simply don't have the temp data. This data is critical because it helps us to look at daily average stream flows, daily average stream temps, daily high stream temps, and what the fish were doing under those condi<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">tions<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span>Remember, the thing we were trying to get at was <i>why</i> did we have years where early flows were ideal but not producing fish by using what the MN DNR trap data was saying about stream temperatures and steelhead migration. We also wanted to compare flow data against fish returns to trap and MNST creel data throughout the run to learn more about North Shore steelhead.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> One other item we need to explain before we dive into the historical data is this whole concept MNST calls Major Migration Threshold or "MMT". This concept is MNST's way to both illustrate and explain the DNR's findings that </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Upstream movement in the spring also initiates when maximum daily water temperatures exceed 40°F and mean (average) daily water temperatures exceed 37.94°F"</span></span>. We've simply substituted MMT for that statement.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> What MMT is <b>NOT</b> is an assertion that <i>all</i> upstream movement of adult steelhead begins at one exact point based solely on stream temperatures, this is simply not the case. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> What we actually see on an annual basis is that a smaller percentage of the total run begins as soon as steelhead are able to enter the streams. This continues in low numbers to a threshold at which very high numbers of remaining steelhead begin upstream migration followed by successive waves of fish<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> strongly correlated with increases in flow</span>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> DNR Fisheries (paraphrasing) uses </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">maximum daily water temperatures >40°F <i>and</i> average daily water temperatures > 37.94°F. </span></span></span></span>MNST calls this point MMT<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span> Understanding when <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">it happens, the conditions it occurs in, and the techni<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ques and tactics to use before, during and after MMT can help make you a very successful N<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">orth Sho<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">re steelheader</span></span></span></span>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Some important no<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">tes regarding the following charts:</span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">MNST use<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">d 2 streams for temperature wherever possible. This gives us more of an average view of daily temps across the region (Lower Shore). Not all streams are equal, smaller streams will warm faster and hit MMT earlier on average </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">than larger</span></span></span></span></span>. The posted temperature values are actual based on the scale at left. A simplified representation of <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">MMT (dashed line) is displayed <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to illustrate when average stream temps reached the threshold identified by MN DNR</span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Flows depicted are from Knife River unless otherwise noted on a chart. We've adjusted <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">flow values because posting them at their actual value flattens out the temperature<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s and number of fish processed at the trap making the details difficult to see. An "Adjusted 10%" note means that<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> a flow value of 80 is really 800cfs.</span></span> A 50% adjustment means a flow value of 100cfs is really 200cfs and so forth</span></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For each of the following charts, pay attention to where MMT falls, denoted by text and a red arrow. Then look to see where steelhead and kamloops numbers increase<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">; is it <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">prior to MMT o<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">r after MMT and what are the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">fish doing in relation to flows</span> throughout? We'll point out anything significant to look at on each chart.</span></span></span></span></span> </span> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>2003 Trap:</b> 2 good early flow spikes <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and water </span>temps bouncing close to MMT between <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">April 10th and </span>April 20th. As soon as streams hit MMT, numbers of fish processed<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> spikes</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>2004 Trap:</b> 1 good flow spike on April 8th but temps stay below MMT. 1st stream hits MMT on April 13th and numbers of fish processed<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> spikes</span>. Note how fish numbers drop significantly on April 19th. This is directly attributable to flows being above 800cfs<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Very high flows <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">limit upstream fish movement on any stream. On the Knife, the known limiting flow values seem to fall <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">above 500cfs<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">upstream steelhead movement <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">typically ceases at values between 600-900cfs. High flows require changes to the techniques and tactics you need to use to catch steelhead (if you can get near the river that is and it's not chocolate yoo-hoo)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>2005 Trap:</b> 1 good early flow spike but <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">it's nearly 1,050cfs, well above upstream migration limiting thresholds. </span>MMT on April 8th but flows are still around 600cfs. With the streams already at MMT, as soon as flows drop below 500cfs <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the </span>numbers of fish processed<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> spikes</span> on April 11th</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>2007 Trap:</b> Flows of around 550cfs at the point of MMT on April 17th and numbers of fish processed<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> spikes</span> just after flows drop below 500cfs. We included <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">daily high stream temps in this one and we'll talk about how they seemingly impact early fish movement and activity later. </span>Note how fish numbers drop significantly on April 22nd<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, again </span>directly attributable to flows being above 1200cfs<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>2008 Trap:</b> Flows of around 550cfs at the point of MMT on April 20th. This one is the only outlier with regards to high flows and fish movement. We simply don't know if this crus<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">h of fish started to enter the trap on the 21st as <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">flow began rising to 600cfs and weren't processed until the flow was peaking on the 22nd or what. Fish entering the trap as of the 27th during a similar spike above 1100cfs effectively drop to zero.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>2010<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>Trap:</b> Knife flows dropping from 320cfs to around 100cfs between April 20th and 27th. MMT on the 28th and 29th with an immediate spike in fish</span></span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>2011 Trap:</b> Stream temps rising to MMT on April 8th but flows from snow-melt spiked at over 900cfs driving temps back d<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">own. As </span>flows drop below 400cfs on the 14th, temps immediately climb again and n<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">umbers of fish processed increase almost immediately</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>2014 Trap:</b> Multiple early high flow spikes but since all are above 1200cfs, they likely suppressed <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">most fish movement although a couple fish moved into the trap between April 30th and May 2nd. </span>Stream temps rising to MMT on May 3rd but it wasn't until May 5th when flows dropped below 800cfs that numbers spike<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">d<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Note the corresponding drops in fish numbers during the t<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">wo subsequent flow spikes ab<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ove 1300cfs </span>on May 10th and May 13th respectively, also due to flows being well above upstream limiting thresholds</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>201<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">5</span> Trap: </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Immediate spikes post-MMT</span><b>. </b>50% Adjusted Flows, just prior to MMT the value is roughly 220cfs<b> </b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>2017 Trap: </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Immediate spikes post MMT. Flows remained below 700cfs which in theory should have drawn fish but nothing until MMT on April 7th</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Now, anybody paying attention or in the super-nerd category is going to say, "Doesn't trap opening date have a lot to do with what I'm seeing as far as fish numbers or activity in that pre-MMT time period?" The answer is yes, it abs<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">olutely does</span>. We're not trying to trick anyone or make the data fit o<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">u<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">r findings. MNST purpose<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ly grouped all of the above charts together precisely <i>because</i> the traps in each charted year above opened just a short time prior to the streams hitting the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">DN<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">R's <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">definition and what<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> MNST calls <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">MMT.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> So let's look at years where the traps opened a greater time period before so-called <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">MMT:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>2006 Trap:</b></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>2009 Trap:</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>2012 Trap:</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> These charts consistently tell the same story: Low returns pre-MMT, then greatly increased steelhead returns to trap immediately post-MMT. And although the early cold-water returns are greater here, there's still very little correlation with flow. We did notice some spikes in early returns that correlate somewhat with flow but after doing some additional analysis, found far stronger correlations to maximum daily stream temps while in the pre-MMT cold-water phase of the run. More on that in a bit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> To get a clearer picture of what's happening in all of the above charts, MNST took the data and standardized it around the DNR's definition of:</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mean (average) daily water temperatures exceeding 37.94°F</span></span></span></span> </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> This allows us to plot the total numbers of fish returning to trap by week, the numbers that returned prior to the threshold, and all fish returning after the above threshold has been met. The Zero week is the point the threshold was met for all years of trap.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">7% pre-threshold returns: 1,956 fish</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">93% post-threshold returns: 24,746 fish</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> This is all very interesting if you're into stats, but the real question is how do you utilize this information to improve your steelheading chops?</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Understanding what the trap data is telling us gets us part of the way there. <b>Refer to the chart below for each phase:</b></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Pre-Threshold Steelhead: </b>Fish migration during this early cold-water time period appears almost wholly independent of flow conditions short of critically low water that fish cannot navigate. Based on the numbers roughly 7% of the year's total steelhead and kamloops began entering the streams as soon as they were physically able (not impeded by bars at the mouth or ice), then were processed at the traps. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Threshold Steelhead: </b>As soon as max daily water temps exceed 40°F and daily average water temps exceed 37.94°F, numbers of steelhead moving upstream and into the trap increased dramatically. Look closely at the numbers of fish in the 14-day period immediately after the threshold is met compared to the remainder of the returns.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> The trap numbers are incredibly useful as both a control and a comparison to Creel Project data, but they don't tell the whole story despite a sample size of nearly 27,000 fish. With the trap data, you're looking at just two distinct rivers on the Lower Shore and not the entire North Shore. The assumption is the fish should behave similarly across the North Shore with respect to the temperature ranges and threshold, but to get a comprehensive picture with a wider time frame, let's look at the MNST Creel Project Numbers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> The chart below was created and standardized using the same DNR threshold as above. Here we've substituted MMT for the DNR's definition regarding max and average temperatures but they are really one and the same. The primary difference is that this chart incorporates all steelhead and all kamloops reported to MNST Creel Project between 2010-2019 from all regions of the North Shore: Lower, Middle and Upper.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The higher pre-MMT percentage of fish reported caught is largely due to a</span>nglers who were out fishing and reporting catch up to 5 weeks pre-MMT. This extended reporting period captures early data the traps did not. The pre-MMT numbers are 16% of the total reported returns and are likely closer to the reality of North Shore steelhead returns during this early cold-water, pre-MMT phase </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">84% of fish were reported post-MMT with the same sharp peak in overall returns immediately after the threshold was met</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Here's where we get to the good stuff. We're going to look at the same MNST numbers from a pure steelheader's perspective by breaking <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">both creel and trap </span>data down into 5 distinct fishing phases using everything we've learned<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> through analysis</span>. <b>Refer to the chart below for each:</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Shore-Fishing Range:</b> This phase extends from week minus-10 to week minus-5 (10 weeks to 5 weeks pre-MMT). In an average year, this phase starts in roughly the second week of February although fish, including coho, can be caught earlier. As we edge closer to week minus-5, more and more fish begin staging off the river mouths and shore-fishing really heats up</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Tactics: </b>Early techniques encompass long shore-casting rods using weighted floats and jigs as well as bottom-fishing rigs. Looper bugs, small flies and baits such as floating spawn bags, waxies, butter worms and inflated night crawlers take the majority of fish. Coho salmon are also frequently caught along with steelhead and kamloops. The closer we get to week minus-1, the more viable fly-fishing off the river-mouths becomes using traditional fly rods, switch and spey gear</span></li>
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</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Pre-MMT Fishing: </b>As we progress through weeks minus-5 and minus-4, streams are opening up and staged fish begin to enter the rivers. This is your cold-water fishing phase and steelhead/kamloops migration during this time appear almost wholly independent of flow conditions. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Based on the creel numbers, somewhere between 12-18% (16% long-term average) of any given year's total steelhead and kamloops catch will begin entering the streams as soon as they are physically able</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Tactics: </b>Steelhead and kamloops are creatures of metabolism and the in-stream numbers are low during this phase. Despite lower numbers, understanding how metabolism affects the fish allows you to effectively target the prime locations where fish are most likely to be. While in the streams in very cold water, fish tend to utilize areas which offer reduced current speeds. Targeting pools and other types of slack or slower water and current seams should be considered first. Bait presentations such as spawn, waxies or butterworms typically out-produce flies at stream temperatures below 40°F. Steelhead and kamloops holding in slow, clear water have a lot of time to scrutinize your fly, and to reject it as not natural if you make a mistake with your drift. It's not that they can't be caught on flies in cold water, but it is far more difficult to fool fish in slow water. Fish can also suck a fly in, reject it as not natural, then spit it out quickly before you ever detect a take. Bait by comparison looks, smells and tastes natural leading to duped fish that will hang onto it far longer allowing time to set the hook. Yarn however whether fished alone, combined with scent or baited, can be deadly. The advantage pure yarn has over a fly is that it often sticks on teeth (tongue or gums) of steelhead and kamloops. This gives an angler an extra split-second to recognize a take and to drive the hook home </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>MMT Hot Zone:</b> As soon as a stream warms to MMT, numbers of fish increase dramatically, hence MNST's use of the "Major Migration Threshold" term. Based on creel data, 55% of all remaining fish reported to creel were caught over the 14 days immediately following MMT. Trap data shows a higher but similar number of 65% fish processed over that same 14-day period</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Tactics:</b> This is go-time and an incredible opportunity to catch fish as they will be everywhere. Stream temps may start at anywhere between 36°-38°F in the mornings, but quickly warm to "Magic 40°". Magic 40° represents a rule of thumb used by MNST to help anglers determine what techniques, tactics and locations to fish on any given day at stream temperatures below or above 40°. Above 40°F, steelhead activity and catch really rev up and it's the point fly-fishing really begins to shine. Virtually all gear and presentations can be effective at this point. If opportunity and numbers are what you are looking for, the MMT Hot Zone is it</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Location, location, location... </b>When temps start low in the morning, fish will most likely be holding in slower water. Use that thermometer and pay attention as temps rise. If you're starting to see temps hitting 40°-41°F, it's time to start working the faster water. We can't tell you the number of times we've seen pools stacked with anglers hooking fish early in the day. Suddenly the action stops yet everybody stays glued to that one spot wondering what happened. These fish are tied to their metabolism, as that water warms, they'll spread out into much faster water and begin moving. Chances are, you'll have all that prime pocket and fast water to yourself until the crowd realizes you're now the only one hooking fish that is. Again, Magic 40° is where flies begin to shine. Unlike fish in slow cold water, fish in fast water have just a split-second to make a decision to bite a quickly moving fly or lose an opportunity, and they're far more forgiving of minor drift mistakes on the angler's part </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Post-MMT Fishing Range:</b> This phase includes all fish returning post-MMT. Creel data shows that 84% of all reported fish were caught during this phase but when you remove those that were reported caught during the 14-day MMT Hot Zone, this phase accounted for just 29% of the total; nearly identical to the trap numbers which were 28% during the same period. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> We talked a little bit about the effect very high flows have on upstream steelhead migration. We can't tell you an exact number on each North Shore stream, but we do know that upstream movement effectively ceases and fish hunker down when flows get too high. On the Knife as mentioned, we know it's somewhere in the 500 to ~900cfs range based on trap data.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> This same concept has an effect on fish when MMT is reached. Despite any given stream reaching MMT, high flows can suppress fish movement and catch when they happen simultaneously. We've noted this several times during the MNST Creel Project and the chart from 2019 Upper Shore illustrates this very well. There were sustained high flows at the point of MMT in 2019 which suppressed both movement and catch for nearly two weeks. Look at the increase in reported catch as flows began to moderate<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> It's just something to keep in mind, you really have to adjust tactics when you're dealing with high flows regardless, but the fish really move as flows come back down.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Final Spring Steelhead Thoughts</b></span></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The data that MMT (or whatever you want to call it) is a thing is overwhelming, but<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> e</span>ach fishery is different. If something unique is going on with steelhead in Minnesota's fishery, it would be interesting to find out wh<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">at traits </span>are specific adaptations to the North Shore environment</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pre-MMT Phase: Flow appears to have little effect on migration during this phase but max daily stream temps do appear to influence fish activity and catch. This seems to have answerd our "When it doesn't" questions about conventional flow wisdom and early season/cold water on the North Shore</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Post-MMT Phase: Flows take over as one of the primary influences on new up-bound migration</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There does appear to be a definite difference in Lower, Mid and upper Shore with regards to peaks in steelhead returns, and the peaks are influenced by MMT from year to year. Over the 10-year period of the MNST Creel Project, the following picture of North Shore steelhead runs has developed. The chart is a composite of all regions beginning the week of March 5th and ending the week of June 25th:</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> The small peak the week of April 2nd is all that remains of the earliest run recorded in Creel Project history. In general the typical Lower Shore peak has occurred the week of April 16th on average which strongly correlates to the historical trap data. The Mid Shore peak has typically occurred the week of April 30th and Upper Shore peak the week of May 14th on average. Again, these peaks can shift earlier and later based on annual weather and conditions in any given year, but this gives you a good basis for thinking about, "When do steelhead and kamloops run?" It also gives you a very good idea of the entire period of steelhead runs on the North Shore</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On the lower Shore:</span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">April 14th and 15th are the dates with the most steelhead processed at the Knife River Adult Trap at 523 and 445 respectively</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">April 24th had the next highest total at 384</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The highest weekly totals of steelhead processed over time occurred the week of April 16th through April 22nd</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Again, we could not have provided this information without the help and support of Minnesota DNR Fisheries as well as MN DNR Hydrology and we can't thank them enough. MNST is proud to offer you this bonus fall fishing information consistent with our organization's mission of <i>informing, inspiring and educating on the water, on-line and in our communities.<b> </b></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Minnesota does experience fall runs of various species for different reasons:</span></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pink, coho and chinook salmon are all caught in North Shore streams during the fall. These fish are all returning to the streams to spawn</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Coaster brook trout and brown trout also return to the streams and spawn in fall<b> </b></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Steelhead and kamloops are caught in North Shore streams in fall, but they are not returning to spawn</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> September through November peaks in flow caused by precipitation offer the <b>greatest</b> opportunities to catch any or all of the above species, in other words, it is ALL about the flow in fall:</span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pink salmon are the earliest of the fall spawning salmon and coaster brook trout are frequently caught during these runs. The start of this run has been noted as early as the first week in September but is more common during the latter half of the month when stream temps are more typically in the mid-50°F range </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Coaster brook trout do not spawn until water temps drop into the 40's°F range however, they do enter the streams early and take advantage of free-drifting eggs from other species</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As noted by MN DNR Fisheries, upstream movement of brown trout in the fall is more a function of increases in discharge however, water temperatures are typically less than 60°F</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> </b></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Historical Fall Timing</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> The following information comes from Knife River Adult Trap as well as MNST Creel Project data but is applicable across all three regions of the shore. Keep in mind that fall salmon timing is pretty much the exact opposite of steelhead in spring. This means it typically begins on the Upper Shore first as stream temps drop into the 50°F range, then progresses through Mid and Lower Shore. There does not appear to be nearly as much separation between the three regions start, peak and end dates of salmon as there is with spring steelhead.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Fall Steelhead:</b> Disregard the peaks in the chart. Steelhead are not moving into the rivers to spawn, the peaks appear more closely related to historical weather patterns and rainfall. This chart does give you a good idea of when to look for them in the streams with October into early November appearing to be the prime window:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Fall Steelhead - All About the Flow: </b>MNST charted steelhead vs. historic fall flow but it doesn't make sense to show you 23 different annual charts since they all show the same thing. It's all about fishing the increases in flow...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Fall Browns:</b> Most although not all of our fall browns are strays from other programs. We do have limited runs and certain streams are more reliable than others. There is a well-defined peak during the second and third week of September:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Fall Browns: </b>Still about the flow and looks the same in each charted year despite variances in overall return numbers. Work that flow idea during the time-frame depicted above<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Fall Pink Salmon:</b> There is a definite timing to pink salmon and they tend to appear in the Upper and Mid Shore streams first. They are also typically more plentiful on the Upper and Mid Shore although numbers on the Lower Shore can be decent from time to time. Overall numbers are wildly unpredictable from year to year, but Pinks in Minnesota do have annual runs in both odd and even years unlike their Pacific cousins. The peak indicated applies fairly reliably on Upper and Mid Shore streams:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Fall Pink Salmon:</b> Highly correlated with increased flow from precipitation. Coho from 1997 trap included:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Fall Coho Salmon: </b>Minnesota has runs of coho although not in the numbers that South Shore does. If you do happen to hook a coho, fish the area harder. Coho can be will-'o-the-wisps so if you catch one chances are there are more around. Coho are caught in all three regions each year:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Fall Coho Salmon: </b>Fish the flow first, then fish the flow, then fish the flow some more....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Fall Chinook Salmon:</b> While the runs aren't nearly as prevalent as they used to be and most chinook encountered now are strays from other State's stocking programs, there are still chinook to be found and are caught each year in the streams:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Fall Chinook Salmon:</b> As with the other fall species, highly correlated with flow:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Fall Salmon Summary: </b>See chart notes</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Minnesota Steelheader would like to thank the following organizations and individuals for their contributions to this piece:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Minnesota Department of Natural Resources: Lake Superior Area Fisheries</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Nick Peterson - Fisheries Specialist<b></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Minnesota Department of Natural Resources: Ecological and Water Resources</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Carrie Robertson - Database Hydrologist</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Lake Superior Duluth Streams.org </b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Stream Hydrology and Watershed Data</span></span><b> </b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>US Geological Survey</b></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Stream Hydrology Data</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Minnesota Pollution Control Agency</span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Water Quality and Watershed Environmental Data</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></b> </span></span></span></span><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b> </b></span></span></span></span> </b> </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>MNST Creel Project: All Contributing Anglers</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">MNST can't do this without you, Thank You!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>And last but not least: </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>JR</b> - You know who you are. All those endless conversations about steelhead runs through WWPD Underground, email and while fishing became the genesis for the original project. Cheers!<b> </b></span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjitXJi4364wLUuLpxhZLANjDLH8PrHpmrrkE7ZSU_RyZvTapoCj6ZKsp0uFtSIp78kzIURuJpCP2lDF7W0VI1z-42e1xySYuVNtc3FULk8GN8HCrIfL0luBUrecMxglcG2HAZ4/s1600/SGI-awards2019_web-84.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjitXJi4364wLUuLpxhZLANjDLH8PrHpmrrkE7ZSU_RyZvTapoCj6ZKsp0uFtSIp78kzIURuJpCP2lDF7W0VI1z-42e1xySYuVNtc3FULk8GN8HCrIfL0luBUrecMxglcG2HAZ4/s320/SGI-awards2019_web-84.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">DNR receives a state government innovation award in 2019.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The
annual Minnesota State Government Innovation Awards recognize the great work of
state government entities and encourage an environment of experimentation
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Nick Peterson receiving the award for the DNR.</span></i></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0yxD2MgAT277Lm6tRiNM5F3Ma6xamyBnjHz7-sSznW2jcHR3wOLy8-lXLj230j3mkGRBRiDjsFi0A27jXsJEa-NUXw_GBpjGJYLzCrItWKXxz5RIJhUxQFTn9Yk0t5b_WFhQo/s1600/SGI-awards2019_web-131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1067" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0yxD2MgAT277Lm6tRiNM5F3Ma6xamyBnjHz7-sSznW2jcHR3wOLy8-lXLj230j3mkGRBRiDjsFi0A27jXsJEa-NUXw_GBpjGJYLzCrItWKXxz5RIJhUxQFTn9Yk0t5b_WFhQo/s320/SGI-awards2019_web-131.jpg" width="213" /></a><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">The 2019 State Government Innovation Awards are sponsored by the Humphrey School of Public Affairs Public and Nonprofit Leadership Center with generous support from the Bush Foundation. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">The Humphrey School recognizes state government entities engaged in innovation and service redesign. Judges select up to ten award winners. This past year, the French River Management office was one of the ten award winners for their Steelhead Genetics Project. You can learn more about what this project is <a href="https://minnesotasteelheader.com/SGP.html" target="_blank">HERE.</a></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Pictured are the DNR team that is driving this project.</span></i><br />
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<i><u>From the awards website:</u></i><br />
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit;">Minnesota Department of Natural Resources – </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: inherit;">Section of Fisheries:</span></strong><br />
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: inherit;">Lake Superior Steelhead Genetics Projects</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Steelhead Genetics Project (SGP) is a cooperative fishery research project between Minnesota DNR and volunteer anglers to collect genetic samples from steelhead in Minnesota waters of Lake Superior. Between 2016 and 2018, over 60 anglers from 29 cities in Minnesota, as well as one angler each from Wisconsin and New York collected nearly 1,000 genetic samples while fishing Minnesota’s North Shore. This project answered a decades-old question - that genetic hybridization was occurring between naturalized wild steelhead and the domesticated kamloops hatchery strain of Rainbow Trout the Minnesota DNR stocked to provide harvest opportunities. Given these results, the MN DNR is now producing pure Lake Superior strain steelhead, that have no negative genetic consequences, to stock for continued harvest opportunities in Lake Superior and its tributaries.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeFcR3AkdK1wLqYTY34TGmoFDmh4ukKGnYkZy14uXcMNpCXFwdwhkJMw7Q7Stfo0eGnUVvEP308k87OPd_kALJo0pRgeDspznl_2oXWdiPWfRNAID0y8enJiMDldIb3AN6jGtu/s1600/SGI-awards2019_web-128.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: transparent; clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeFcR3AkdK1wLqYTY34TGmoFDmh4ukKGnYkZy14uXcMNpCXFwdwhkJMw7Q7Stfo0eGnUVvEP308k87OPd_kALJo0pRgeDspznl_2oXWdiPWfRNAID0y8enJiMDldIb3AN6jGtu/s320/SGI-awards2019_web-128.jpg" width="320" /></a>We appreciate all the work the DNR has put into this project as well as the Coaster Brook trout Project and are grateful to be an active parter with this project. We look forward to an exciting 2020!</div>
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Minnesota Steelheaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07594498527663410312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23931060.post-15136841114985975002020-01-14T08:20:00.000-06:002020-01-14T08:20:12.892-06:00Steelhead Seminar - March 2020 | Twin Cities<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Our annual free "Steelhead Summit" is set for March 2020. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">This is a great night of insight, beer tasting, and camaraderie.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">A little about our Speaker: Carl Haensel<b> </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white;">is an educator, biologist, photographer, writer and fishing guide. He has guided and taught fly fishing since 1996 and has authored over a hundred articles on fly fishing techniques, tips, flies and locations as well as children’s educational literature. From 1996 until 2003 he owned and operated Around the Bend Flyfishing based in Eden Prairie, MN. From 2001 until 2007 he served as a regional manager for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Fish and Boat Commission. There he managed education, programming, and aquatic resource issues for an area encompassing over five million people, including the City of Philadelphia. He has fished extensively throughout the Americas and his outdoor photographs have been widely published. He is also an educational consultant and enjoys secondary and post-secondary teaching. Along with Jade Thomason, they manage the Great Waters Fly Fishing expo on behalf of Minnesota Trout Unlimited. Carl serves as the Northern Minnesota Vice-Chair for Trout Unlimited.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #112840;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There will be time before & after the presentation for one-on-one questions with Carl, MN Steelheader Staff, and a guide or two. Social time, questions, and relaxed beer drinking will go until 9pm.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #00245f;"><strong>6:45pm - 7:00pm: </strong>DNR state of the fishery</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #00245f;"><em><span style="color: #c80f12;"><br /></span></em></span><span style="color: #00245f;"><span style="color: #c80f12;"><span style="color: #00245f;"><strong>7:00pm- 8:00pm: </strong>Steelhead Seminar ~ Carl Haensel<br /><span style="color: #c80f12;"><em><br /></em><span style="color: #00245f;"><strong>8:00pm- 9:00pm: </strong>Chat with MNST staff, Carl, and guides</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #00245f; text-align: center;">There will be seminar specials on tap beer, root beer for the kids, and food available by our friends at the Brick Oven Bus food truck.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #00245f; text-align: center;">We expect to reach taproom capacity so make sure you register for this event. If you register and find yourself unable to attend, please cancel so those on our waiting list can attend.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #00245f; text-align: center;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #00245f; text-align: center;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #00245f; text-align: center;">If registration is full, please register anyway and get on the waiting list. There are always cancelations. <b>This is a free event.</b></span></span></div>
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Big Ideahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03813144504153960574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23931060.post-73697365111898486022019-09-17T15:38:00.000-05:002019-09-17T16:13:52.228-05:00Minnesota Steelheader Updates Creel Project Collection <div class="SCXW222867546 BCX2"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="Paragraph SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="TextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 20.7px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="background-color: inherit;">Beginning this fall, MNST is changing </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 20.7px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="background-color: inherit;">the way we collect data for the MNST Creel Project.</span></span></span></div><div class="Paragraph SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div class="Paragraph SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="TextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 20.7px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="background-color: inherit;">Unfortunately we are limited in keeping up with the times; up-to-date servers and applications cost money, and all of our membership funds and donations go right back into programs and outreach to facilitate our mission of Informing, Inspiring and Educating online and in the community. The good news is MNST’s </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 20.7px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="background-color: inherit;">staff are </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 20.7px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="background-color: inherit;">a creative bunch</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 20.7px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="background-color: inherit;">,</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 20.7px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 20.7px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="background-color: inherit;">and we have solutions to a number of Creel Project challenges.</span></span></span></div><div class="Paragraph SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="TextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 20.7px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW222867546 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":276}" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 20.7px;"> </span></span></div></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><div class="Paragraph SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="TextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 20.7px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="background-color: inherit;">If you were not aware, the creel project was developed to answer questions about steelhead in Minnesota waters </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="TextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 20.7px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="background-color: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="TextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 20.7px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="background-color: inherit;">specifically</span></span></span>, and to also provide anglers with the most up-to-date information possible. The more we study the data, the more MNST realizes that we need well, more data…</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW222867546 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":276}" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 20.7px;"> </span></span></div></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><div class="Paragraph SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div class="Paragraph SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="TextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 20.7px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="background-color: inherit;">One significant challenge is that with the age of our current servers and web applications, MNST is severely limited in what we can do about making it easy for you to get the data into our hands using our native web service. We were also limited in the types of data we could collect as part of any given submission. This is an important consideration; MNST is finding that the more we can learn about the various migratory species which inhabit Lake Superior, the more we can all learn about steelhead and become more rounded anglers.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW222867546 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":276}" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 20.7px;"> </span></span></div><div class="Paragraph SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><div class="Paragraph SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="TextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 20.7px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="background-color: inherit;">The changes you will note with the new MNST Creel Project Collection Form are as follows:</span></span></span></div><ul><li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="TextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 20.7px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext;">The form is far more mobile friendly and much easier to use. If you have cell reception anywhere on the North Shore, entering your catch data is a snap. Select the Region of the Shore, enter the date, and select the numbers of each type of fish caught by clicking the corresponding number scale</span></span></span></li>
<ul><li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="TextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 20.7px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext;">One caveat here: The form allows for a max of 10 to be selected. If you catch more than 10 of one type, please split the numbers between two reports using the same date</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="TextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 20.7px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span></span></li>
</ul></ul></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="TextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 20.7px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext;"> The most significant update to the Creel form is being driven by the change in stocking protocols. The adipose-clipped fish you catch in the future may or may not be Kamloops. We should still see Kamloops returns until 2021 or 2022; but we may also start to see the first of the Kamloops replacement program adipose-clipped Steelhead returns as early 2020 which means there will be overlap. Because of this, the new Creel form includes both "Steelhead " and "Adipose-Clipped fish" rather than Kamloops. If your fish has a clipped adipose, simply select the appropriate number under Adipose-Clipped Fish</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="TextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 20.7px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="background-color: inherit;"> </span></span></span></li>
</ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="TextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 20.7px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext;">The new form now includes Pink and Coho Salmon in addition to Coaster Brook Trout. We do have data on fall-run fish, but our goal is to present additional creel information similar to that of steelhead. This addition will help to build a formidable information resource for all North Shore anglers. MNST is only looking to capture Coho and Pink catch in the fall as indicated on the Creel Form. We will take steelhead and coaster reports year-round</span></span></span></li>
</ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="TextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 20.7px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext;">The last change is a section to include tagged fish reporting. This section is purely optional, but MNST's goal is to eventually create migration and movement maps to show how far tagged fish travel in any given year subsequent to being trapped. MNST will never publicly report specific rivers as part of this new data-set. What we are looking to produce is a graphical map which displays individual fish, where they were trapped, what region of the shore they were caught in after being trapped, and how far and how quickly they traveled between those two locations.</span></span></span></li>
<ul><li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="TextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 20.7px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW222867546 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext;">You can simply report the tag number, and then write "Mid Shore" or "Upper Shore" or whatever after the tag number. This will give us enough information to go on, but if you report the tag number and river name, we can produce a map that is far more accurate in terms of time and distance. Again, we will not publicly report the river name if you provide it. MNST will also mask the distance so that even if someone measures, they won't be able to determine that a fish was trapped in Knife River but then traveled to the Split Rock for example. All they will know at that point is, "Mid Shore" </span></span></span></li>
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Minnesota Steelheaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07594498527663410312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23931060.post-20563261962387033412019-06-10T09:18:00.000-05:002019-06-11T07:42:08.166-05:002019 MNST Creel Project Results<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Each year, Minnesota Steelheader collects angler-submitted creel reports of steelhead, kamloops and presumed coaster brook trout through our </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.minnesotasteelheader.com/creelproject.html"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">Creel Project page.</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> This catch information is presented in ways we hope provides you with the most accurate picture of Minnesota's annual and long-term North Shore steelhead run behavior.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">This is not a scientific creel by definition. We do however incorporate and present as much of the available scientific literature as we can; the difference is that this is done from an angler's perspective. These tools provide an opportunity to be a more knowledgeable and most importantly, a more successful North Shore steelheader.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">While the primary focus has been fish caught in the tributaries during the Spring migration and spawning run, <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">we appreciate and accept creel reports year-round</span>. MNST analyzes reported catch dates, region caught, the numbers by species, measurements of daily flow, temperature and other open-source fisheries data, the results of which are charted in Daily, Weekly and Historical formats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We use a number of acronyms and terms throughout the MNST Creel Project Reports; the following are some of the most useful to know up front:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>CGP – Coaster Genetics Project.</b> A citizen-science partnership with Minnesota DNR Fisheries that utilizes trained volunteer anglers to obtain genetic material through the application of low-impact fin<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"> </span>clips. This genetic sampling program studies Coaster Brook Trout populations and genetics along the North Shore of Minnesota. Links to the program page are embedded throughout where CGP is used</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Creel Region - </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">The geographic region of the North Shore where each stream is located. Reported <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">data is </span>defined by the following creel reporting beats:</span></span></span></li>
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<![endif]--></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><b>Lower Shore</b> - All streams from Mission Creek to Knife River</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><b>Mid Shore</b> - All streams from <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">Stewart River to Baptism River</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><b>Upper Shore</b> - All streams from Little Marais River to Pigeon River</span></span></span></span></span> </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>SGP – Steelhead Genetics Project.</b> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">A citizen-science partnership with Minnesota DNR Fisheries that utilizes trained volunteer anglers to obtain genetic material through the collection of scale samples.</span> This genetic sampling program studies Steelhead populations and genetics along the North Shore of Minnesota. Links to the program page are embedded throughout where SGP is used</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>MMT – Major Migration Threshold.</b>
If you have never read one of the MNST annual creel project reports, or
if you just want a refresher regarding MMT, we encourage you to skip
down to the <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><b>Information Regarding Stream Temperatures and the "Major Migration Threshold"</b>
section and read that first. It explains in great detail why MNST
focuses on the major migration threshold, and why North Shore steelhead
migrations appear to be unique in this respect</span> </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Additional Note:</b> MNST strives to present the most comprehensive information possible, and as a result the report is heavy with graphics and explanations tying back to scientific literature regarding North Shore steelhead. Since we are trying to provide you with the best information available, it means the MNST Creel Project Report isn’t a 3-minute read. The report is 19 pages without the graphics, so grab your favorite beverage and take your time. It’s also probably best viewed from a desktop/laptop computer. You can do it in mobile, but it can be frustrating to size all of the charts for better viewing.</span></div>
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<u><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">About the Creel Project and how we prepare the data</span></b></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Creel Project looks to answer basic questions we receive year after year from anglers:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">When do the fish run?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Where do they run? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">How long do runs last?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">When is the best time to go?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">How or when should I plan a trip? I travel long distances and only get one or two opportunities to get out and fish each year</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We also have a list of more complex questions we want to explore:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Why do North Shore steelhead appear to be unique in certain respects compared to steelhead from the other Great Lakes? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Is there a typical run timing and what does that look like for each region?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Are there distinct differences in run timing and duration between the various regions of the North Shore?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">How do flow and temperature specifically affect North Shore steelhead returns during various stages of migration? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">What other factors or data can we use to corroborate run timing?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">How might the kamloops replacement program change Lower Shore run dynamics</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Each year we come up with more questions to explore, or some new twist that challenges us to re-think. Based on defined goals, we package up all creel submissions and present the data in a variety of different ways, the basics of which are as follows:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Daily Reporting</b>: </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Daily creel trend is plotted to help you visualize the more granular interactions between steelhead and the primary environmental factors of flow and temperature</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Weekly Reporting:</b> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">As the run progresses, the daily creel reports are plotted in a weekly format. This removes a lot of the day-to-day noise, and helps you to visualize the overall progression of the current-year's run</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Historical Reporting:</b> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The daily and weekly data from each individual region are nested within all prior-year's data to create a unified historical picture. This is done for each individual Region: Lower, Mid and Upper Shore as well as at a combined Shore-Wide level. These historical charts provide the context for looking ahead. They are <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">not</span> a prediction by any means, but they do provide the framework in which to understand the basics of North Shore steelhead migration: When do the steelhead and kamloops typically start, how do runs typically progress along the Shore, when do they typically peak, and when do they typically end in any given year</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The following chart illustrates the data plotting and nesting concept: Mid Shore daily creel reports are used to compile the weekly data from the current year. This in turn is nested within all prior year's regional data for the Mid Shore to create the Mid Shore regional historical picture. Finally, all Lower, Mid and Upper Shore regional data from 2010 to present is nested together to create a unified Shore-wide historical picture:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">To be clear, the historical charts are <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">not</span> a prediction of what will happen and how it will happen in any subsequent year; there are just too many variables involved to be able to predict runs exactly on an annual basis. They do however provide a solid framework to better understand North Shore steelhead behavior. Knowing the time-periods in which the runs have occurred from year to year along with how they progress allows you to use current year temperature and flow data to establish some very clear benchmarks as to what is, or is about to happen on a local, regional and Shore-wide level. This information gives you a clear path to adapt to current conditions of flow and temperature, as well as to use the information to be a more successful steelheader during next year's run.</span><br />
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<u><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">2019 Creel Project Results</span></b></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Our first reports began coming in on March 25th with the last coming in on June 3rd for an incredible 70 days. Overall Shore-wide numbers are as follows:</span></div>
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<li><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Total Rainbows: 701 for a 12% increase over 2018 reported totals </span></b></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Annual numbers of returning rainbows fluctuate widely for many reasons reflecting the complex interactions between the various predatory species in Lake Superior, predator/prey relationships, forage biomass, lamprey numbers, mortality etc.; just as numbers reported to the MNST Creel vary due to angler participation levels, individual skill level and local conditions during the spawning runs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">2019 fell comfortably within the long-term reporting averages. Kamloops numbers were slightly lower than the long term, but still above the low of 101 from 2014<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">. </span>We will be watching both kamloops and steelhead numbers with interest over the next couple of years as kamloops age out of the population<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"> entirely, and returns of clipped steelhead from the replace<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">ment program start coming in</span></span>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">One of the ways we evaluate overall MNST Creel numbers is to compare them against returns to trap. This is one indicator as to whether we need to re-evaluate reporting methodology, or if something else in the project requires scrutiny.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Despite the blip in 2012 creel numbers, we remain positively correlated to trap numbers:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">2012 was a challenging year for anglers. There were several major shore-wide precipitation events throughout that run causing blowout conditions. This culminated in the flow event on June 20th which destroyed the Knife Trap. Discharge rates that day hit 11,900cfs which is the equivalent of a staggering 89,000 gallons of water flowing through the trap </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">every second</span></b>. Anglers were able to effectively fish between earlier jumps in flows, but the dip in 2012 creel is certainly reflective of those difficult angling conditions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Total numbers of Lower Shore fish reported to creel were as follows: </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The <b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Daily Chart for Lower Shore</span></b> illustrates the daily interactions between flow, temperature and creel trend for the entire run. The daily average and maximum stream temperatures depicted are actual with the dotted red line representing MMT. Stream discharge (flow) is plotted at 10% of the actual figure. We do this on the daily charts simply because the flow numbers are so high in comparison to temps and creel trend, that posting the flow number as actual flattens out all the other data. This makes it difficult to see the subtle interactions between flow, temps and creel trend. The trend is a mathematical moving average calculated from the daily numbers of fish reported:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We're not sure of the precise ice-out dates for lower shore streams due to some equipment malfunctions. What is of note here relates to a recognizable pre-MMT benchmark. Early season spikes in flow really don't seem to have much effect on steelhead during this cold water-phase of the run. What we do note frequently is that when we get spikes in daily-high water temps exceeding 41-42°F, we see corresponding spikes in catch (April 14 above).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">It's unknown if this is from additional early fresh fish entering the systems, or if it's simply that the fish which were there became more active, likely a little of both. Either way, fishing afternoons when daily stream temps are at their maximum is an effective early-season strategy corroborated by the DNR North Shore Fishing Reports. The Creel Clerks have noted this in their reports over a number of years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We saw a nearly 1-week delay between MMT and the first significant jump in rainbow numbers and catch. Most of this delay was due to a flow spike that likely exceeded up-bound limiting thresholds and suppressed the numbers of new fish entering the Lower Shore rivers. Anglers that know how to fish high-water conditions still did well and we talk about high-water fishing below. Post-MMT, we saw the typical significant jump in creel trend. Lots of rainbows began moving up Lower Shore rivers in good numbers, something that is also reflected in the Trap data.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Lastly, average and high stream temps were pretty good to us through the latter portions of the 2019 run. By and large they remained below thermal stress thresholds which allowed fish to remain in most Lower Shore rivers a bit longer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">This is a far cry from the tail-end of the 2018 run. Average stream temperatures increased so rapidly and got so high that in-stream averages were very close to lethal limits for steelhead across the Shore on several successive dates in 2018. Temperatures in that range can and do cause mortality in adult fish. When close to these limits, hooking fish and fighting them even for very short periods can kill them. Other States deal with this problem by enacting "Hoot Owl" restrictions. Hoot Owl regulations restrict angling to those early portions of the day when stream temperatures are at their lowest which helps reduce mortality. Minnesota hasn't had to deal with this problem in the past which is why you don't see these types of regulations, we're hoping 2018 doesn't start a trend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>The <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Weekly Creel Project charts</span></b> better illustrate how annual regional runs progressed over time. This chart removes much of the noise in the daily charts and is more intuitive to understand. When compared against prior runs, it helps illustrate similarity or differences between annual runs from a regional perspective. It also allows you to see the shifts in start, peak and end dates between one year and the next along with overall weekly reported numbers of fish, temperature and flow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The way these weekly charts set up year after year supports the hypothesis that there is in fact a very typical run progression once we have reached MMT, and that they look very similar year after year for each respective region despite differences in numbers reported and actual start, peak and end dates.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>The 2019 Lower Shore Weekly</b> is typical of what we see year after year: Lower numbers of adult fish entering the streams early followed by peak up-bound migration and subsequent creel catch as MMT is attained. Peak steelhead fishing occurs post-MMT with decreasing catch over a several week period.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">While the daily charts illustrate overall catch trends, the weekly chart shows the actual creel numbers reported for both kamloops and steelhead by week plotted against average weekly stream temperatures and flow. We post the flow at 10% of the actual figure to reduce flattening of the other data-points. To determine the actual flow average for the week <span style="background: white;">of April 16th-22nd, you would multiply the flow of 25 X 10. This gives you a flow average of ~250cfs on the index stream for that week. Average stream temps the same week were in fact just over 36°F, with kamloops numbers reported at 7 and steelhead reported at 32:</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">As noted in the Lower Shore Daily chart above, there was a lag between MMT and peak creel. This was caused by a spike in flow just as MMT was attained but as soon as flows dropped below limiting thresholds, catch immediately picked up.</span></div>
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<li><span style="background: white; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The bump in flow the week of April 16th drew fish. This was primarily snow-melt runoff and streams remained cold because of it. Snow-melt runoff entering the streams in large quantities as temps are trying to warm will keep streams cold regardless of air temperature. You may in fact see a drop in stream temps throughout the day in that situation. Anglers simply need to adopt cold water tactics when a lot of snow-pack remains, even if air temps are warm and the sun is shining. Carrying a thermometer (Always) and periodically checking stream temps is a good idea, especially as conditions change because you may need to go find a stream that is marginally warmer. That can make all the difference between a day hooking fish, and a day waving your fishing rod around pointing out interesting objects while getting cold feet </span></li>
<li><span style="background: white; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The pre-MMT part of the run lasted about 3-1/2 weeks. We can't know precisely when MMT will be reached each year due to ever-changing environmental conditions on an annual basis, and it's what makes predicting annual run start dates impossible. The snowpack diminished quite a bit and there was less cold runoff entering the streams ending the week of April 16th, this allowed stream temps to rise rapidly to MMT </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Lower Shore migration typically starts sometime around the beginning of April but has seen its earliest start around March 9th historically. The latest end date was the second week in June, but mid-May is far more common. This is the general framework inclusive of the very earliest migration start and latest migration end dates from a historical perspective. Much of the year-to-year timing depends upon how early or how late the streams begin to warm and open up on an annual basis, with the peaks related to when Lower Shore streams hit MMT.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Within that framework however the developing picture shows a strong Lower Shore historical peak migration with 738 rainbows reported to creel the week of April 16th through April 22nd. These dates closely agree with and are independently supported by DNR trap numbers from the French and Knife river. As of the last Juvenile and Adult Trap Supplemental Report, the single date with the greatest numbers of rainbows sampled over time at the trap has been April 20th. The practical application from a steelhead fishing perspective is that if you are trying to plan a trip for any given year and have no other information to go on, April 16th through the 22nd is likely your best starting point. If you were a bookie, that would be your Lower Shore money-week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The catch with this is that year to year fluctuations in weather, flow and stream temperatures are unpredictable. This makes predicting the start of the run and of major up-bound migrations more than a week or so in advance also unpredictable. Both 2018 and 2019 peaks fell a full two weeks later than the historical peak for steelhead by way of example.</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">However, understanding how MMT influences migration, and figuring out where MMT falls in the current year helps you maximize your chances at steelheading success regardless of which region of the Shore you fish. Keeping an eye on the various stream gauges and monitoring temps and flow helps you keep track of exactly where things are at in any given region of the Shore regardless of whether it's pre or post-MMT. And remember, you can certainly catch fish during that pre-MMT time-frame. Anglers catch and report 10-15% of total creel during this roughly 4-5-week pre-MMT period. Once it hits though, you typically have two weeks of peak steelheading in front of you. After that, average stream temps in the 48-54°F range present some dynamite drop-back phase fishing, particularly on our larger systems across the shore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Finally, the peaks illustrated during the weeks of April 30th and May 14th represents historical "late" and "latest" migration year peaks still apparent in the overall data. 2019 falls into the "late" run category. These peaks will likely change over time with larger sample sizes, just as shifts in the overall peak week may also develop in the future due to any number of environmental factors.</span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Same concepts as outlined above in the All-Time chart. Strongly defined peak the week of April 16th with an average of 78 rainbows reported annually. Historically we are averaging 357 total rainbows reported to Lower Shore creel. We're watching this num</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">ber as it is likely to decrease somewhat over the next seve<span style="background-color: white;">ral years. Kamloops stocking was ceased after <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">spring </span>2017 and they <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">will </span>completely age out of the population between 2021 and 2024. It will be very interesting to watch what effect this and the kamlo</span>ops replacement program will have on Lower Shore numbers with respect to the influence kamloops had on overall steelhead rehabilitation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The final Lower Shore data from 2019 incorporates the <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Combined DNR French and Knife Trap</span> numbers. This chart illustrates the publicly reported numbers of both steelhead and kamloops captured by trap and seine during up-bound migration in 2019. We have included the average stream temperatures and actual average flow from our index streams by week of trap. This affords you another opportunity to see the influence of stream temperatures on initial as well as major up-bound migration (MMT) from a different data source. MNST uses this data as an additional check against all other creel trends and the weekly regional data.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">To better illustrate temperatures and MMT threshold against the large steelhead and kamloops numbers, we multiply average temps by 10 for the purposes of charting. The index stream wasn't really 380° F at the point of MMT, it was 38° F. The weekly flow average is actual, we don't have to worry about flattening through posting the actual average flow given the larger rainbow numbers in the chart. Here the actual average flow for the week of April 30th - May 6th was in fact about 210cfs during peak rainbow trap.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Additionally, the chart doesn't appear to illustrate the differences in steelhead and kamloops returns with regards to migration and spawning temps. With kamloops slightly lower threshold compared to steelhead, we normally see that also reflected in the trap charts. Much of the lack of difference here is simply the numbers of fish trapped by method and the timing of public reports. Depending on when the numbers are publicly reported, the actual date the fish was trapped can be skewed into different week and this affects the curve in the chart:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Given the very slight differences between the return temps, you can generally treat MMT <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">as the same </span>for </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">kamloops and steelhead</span> for fishing purposes. We just aren't as concerned with the finer biological distinctions between these close cousins from an angling perspective, but understanding effects of MMT on migration is still very helpful. Just be aware that the differences are there because this can mean all the difference between fishing and catching, especially in cold water conditions during the early season pre-MMT period. Adjust your approach and presentations to cold-water tactics and you'll be successful whether it's steelhead or kamloops.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">It's important to note also that that the kamloops trap depicted here come almost exclusively from French River. The French is smaller and tends to warm to MMT more quickly than other area streams. This means it will typically reach the threshold earlier than streams such as the Knife, so you tend to see more of a separation between the steelhead and kamloops return peaks. This is the result of the combined effects of lower return/spawning thresholds in kamloops, and earlier warming typical of smaller North Shore streams. When MNST can obtain the actual numbers trapped by date, we typically see more separation between kamloops and steelhead peaks in the trap charts. Here it is only slightly evident in the sharper incline of the kamloops curve.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">One final Lower Shore chart depicting the <b>Combined DNR Trap and MNST Creel numbers</b>. You can see how creel extended the overall period out from early, pre-MMT catch to the end of the run:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">All anomalies aside, the trap data provides an additional framework to begin understanding the question of, "When do the fish run?" and is very useful as a comparison point. We have plotted the long-term flow averages for Knife River for your consideration along with total numbers of fish sampled by week. Total sample size of 16,231 rainbows trapped:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Total numbers of Mid Shore fish reported to creel were as follows:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">2019 Mid Shore hit MMT just a couple of days after Lower Shore. Upper Shore hit MMT at virtually the same time as Mi<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">d Shore</span>. It is not very common for Upper Shore to hit MMT simultaneously with any of the other regions, but it does happen, 2018 being the latest example. We do see simultaneous MMT in the Lower and Mid Shore regions more frequently:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Fish were hanging around and began trickling in to Mid Shore streams as soon as open water was available. Just as with Lower Shore, we got a couple of daily-high stream temp spikes between April 13th and 16th which lead to an increase in steelhead activity and reports to creel; and then flow went nuts. There was a slight delay between MMT and the significant increase in catch trend due to high flows, but as soon as flows came down below limiting thresholds on or about April 26th, it was game on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The remaining three spikes in flow on May 7th, 11th and 24th all drew fresh fish, and average temps remained below thermal stress thresholds for the remainder leading to a long, consistent end-of-run period. Average stream temperatures between May 15th through the end of the month rose into the range<span style="background: white;">s which contribute to dynamite dro</span>p-back fishing, while remaining well below thermal stress thresholds allowing anglers to fish to the bitter end. We used the opportunity to work fast pocket-water with bugs during that time-frame and were rewarded with aggressive strikes, aerial acrobatics and unstoppable screaming runs. Those are the kinds of days that going O-fer is just as much fun as landing fish, maybe more so.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>In the <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Mid Shore Weekly chart </span></b>you can see a strong, well defined peak post-MMT, with good numbers reported to creel over the next 3-1/2 weeks. What IS unusual, in fact the first time this has ever happened, is for a region to hit MMT <i>after</i> another region, but peak <i>before</i> the region with the earlier MMT. This is exactly what happened between Mid and Lower Shore. Mid Shore hit MMT and peaked before Lower Shore, even though Lower Shore hit MMT earlier yet peaked later that Mid Shore. If you compare the two weekly charts it is clearly evident:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Much of this had to do with the spikes in flow we got across the entire North Shore during that time-frame. There is in fact an upper flow value which will limit up-bound migration of steelhead, and these are unique to each stream. On the Knife this is well documented at around 500-600cfs. On the Sucker, this value is likely somewhere in the 300+cfs range. It's difficult to say where this falls on mid-shore streams, but on the Baptism, it is likely somewhere at or above 1,000-1,200cfs. For reference, 1,000cfs is equal to roughly 7,500 gallons of water flowing out into the lake <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">every second.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The bottom line is that it took Mid Shore streams less time to drop below their respective flow limiting thresholds following MMT, and fish were able to move into and up the rivers more quickly following MMT in comparison to what happened on the Lower and Upper Shore. There's a good graphic illustrating this delay in the <b>Information Regarding Stream Temperatures and the "Major Migration Threshold"</b> section below. Despite the high flows, anglers that knew how and where to fish during high-water conditions still did quite well on Mid Shore streams.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><u><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">2010-2019 Mid Shore Historical Data</span></b></u></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Mid shore All Time</span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>:</b> Mid Shore has always been a bit of an enigma, but with 2502 samples in the creel, a clearer picture is finally beginning to develop:</span><br />
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The first peak during the week of April 2nd remains from a year which is still one of our earlie</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">st-recorded steelhead runs. It was also a very strong year on the Mid Shore in terms of numbers reported. People were fishing and reporting by mid-March across the shore that year, but this peak will become less evident with time and data.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The week of April 30th - May 6th is likely the true historical peak for Mid Shore at 484 fish reported. The coaster data to follow has pointed at that week for some time now, but the Mid Shore general timing based on creel reports had been elusive until 2018. Between 2010 and 2017, the peak weeks shifted yearly and we had several years with dual peaks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Additionally, the "fat" area of the curve peak with numbers above 300 beginning late the week of April 16th and ending the week of May 14th in part comes from the fact that the Mid Shore region includes the Stewart River. The Stewart is grouped with Mid Shore stream reports even though it is marginally closer to the Lower Shore stream cluster of the Knife and Sucker. It is also more widely separated from the geographic cluster of streams that is made up of the Gooseberry, Split Rock and Baptism. The higher reported numbers likely coming from Stewart would drive this heavy shift towards the Lower Shore peak. We only know this because of the sporadic creel data we have received via e-mail where anglers self-identified Stewart as the source. When we take those number out of Mid Shore, the peak narrows and shifts definitively towards the week of April 30th.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Stewart was originally grouped with Mid Shore primarily because this is how the DNR creel beats are structured, and it helps us to maintain continuity when comparing MNST and DNR data. There really isn't any way to effectively split Stewart out since we have never asked for stream names in creel reports; we have only requested the region in which the fish was caught. Having 10 years' worth of data with Stewart in the Mid Shore group, and no way to positively tell which specific numbers came from there via the creel page reporting tool makes data separation virtually impossible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Total numbers of fish reported to Mid Shore creel by week for all years in the creel at left.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Mid Shore Creel Survey Means</span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>:</b> This chart shows the average numbers of Mid Shore rainbows reported to creel by week for all years in the Creel Project: 2010-2019. Long term Mid Shore <span style="background: white;">average number of rainbows reported now 250 annually:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="background: white;">We may or may not see r</span>eductions in average annual numbers on Mid Shore like we anticipate for a short time on the Lower Shore. Kamloops numbers on the Mid Shore have fluctuated quite a bit with a rise in reported numbers over just the last couple years. Any overall reductions in numbers due to kamloops aging out of the population should in theory be small but again, we're watching for changes due to the introduction of clipped steelhead as part of the kamloops replacement plan. If those clipped fish demonstrate high stream fidelity, meaning they mostly return to the stream they imprinted on as juvenile fish, we may not notice much change on Mid Shore at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Total numbers of Upper Shore fish reported to creel were as follows:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Upper Shore hit MMT at the same time as Mid Shore as has been noted. Upper Shore's problem this year, for the angler at least, was that flows never really came down for the better part of three weeks. Flows more than likely were at or above individual stream's up-bound migration limiting thresholds on several dates which suppressed migration and creel. When flow was below those thresholds, it was still very high on average and you see that reflected in the Upper Shore weekly chart:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Numbers reported post-MMT were consistent though reduced for those who did adopt high flow techniques and presentations, except for the brief period where stream temps bottomed out between April 27th and May 1st. The fish seemed to develop lock-jaw due to the low temps despite decreased flows. Lower flows only lasted a very short period of time, and then shot right back up to limiting thresholds again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Flow dropped once more to reasonable levels between May 8th and May 10th, and we received some reports of very high numbers caught. Flow fought back yet again between May 11th - May 15th, but it was a last gasp. As soon as flow dropped below limiting thresholds, Upper Shore creel really took off with some truly remarkable numbers being posted by a few savvy anglers.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Upper Shore Weekly:</span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Note here the very clear delay between MMT and peak creel. 3 weeks is a long, unusual delay, but 2019 Upper Shore flows were unusual in and of themselves in that they just would NOT come down (we know, we were there early and it was rough...). Congratulations if you were able to be there the week of May 14th through the 20th, it was the proverbial, "You should have been here last week" week. For a good graphic on this Upper Shore, flow-related steelheading suppression terrorism, we have included it <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">in </span>a later section:</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Upper Shore All Time:</span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="background: white;">With 1009 fish in the sample, the </span>Upper Shore is also beginning to solidify:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Our biggest problem is and has always been the lack of good data on the back-side of the Upper Shore run. The chart might lead you to believe that fishing drops off precipitously during the latter part of the run, but we simply don't have enough data from late-May into June to have any meaningful insight into just how long things last on the Upper Shore.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">One other possibility we are considering is that due to the prevalence of small/short run streams on the Upper Shore, warming occurs so rapidly overall during the end of May that steelhead finish spawning quickly and leave as average water temperatures reach the upper 50°F to low 60°F range. If you fish Upper Shore late on a regular basis, we would love any reports you may be willing to send our way!</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">There two very good reasons we want to encourage creel reporting for the Upper North Shore. One selfishly, is that we need far more creel data throughout the Upper Shore run to get a better handle on what that region truly looks like from a run perspective. We’re getting closer, but we’re not there yet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The second has to do with overall steelhead rehabilitation. The Upper Shore has become pivotal in this respect for several reasons. Natural reproduction there is being closely studied in terms of fry stocking protocols. Through the SGP,</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> we know that </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Upper Shore steelhead also exhibit kamloops genetic introgression but with the lower prevalence of kamloops influence, obtaining samples from a wider range of Upper Shore streams will help the Fisheries biologists to understand spatial distribution and genetic lineage in a way not possible in the past. Samples from all regions have yielded a wealth of vital information regarding populations of North Shore steelhead, and this information is critical for shaping and guiding steelhead management policy now and into the future.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">If you are interested in how you can directly contribute to this program as an SGP volunteer angler, please visit the </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.minnesotasteelheader.com/SGP.html"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">Steelhead Genetics Project</span></a> page for more information</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Upper Shore Creel Survey Means</span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>:</b> Long term Upper Shore average rainbows reported to MNST creel now 101 annually:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The lower all-time numbers are clearly due to less people fishing and reporting from the Upper Shore. Still a definite lack of data from late-May into early June, the chart probably shouldn't drop off like that but then again we don't quite know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>The <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Shore-Wide Creel Survey - All Time</span></b> represents the unified picture for all regions of the shore. It represents the "big picture" for the North Shore with each Region's annual numbers nested within the chart. This provides you with an at-a-glance reference for historical North Shore steelhead returns:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Each peak from left to right beginning with the large April 16th - April 22nd peak represent historical creel peak for Lower, Mid and Upper Shore respectively. The early peak the week of April 2nd through April 8th was a strong and early run year that is still evident in the chart. The Upper Shore peak is not quite as defined due to low late-season reporting from that region, but it is beginning to clarify.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Initially MNST was simply curious about coasters<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"> and was looking to obtain more information. The creel project reporti<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">ng seemed like an<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"> easy way to <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">start, so c<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">oaster counts were added.</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">According to historical newspaper accounts, coasters were caught in vast numbers in and around near<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">-shore habitat and streams starting as early as July. Today we note <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">c</span></span>oasters frequently caught in association with the pink salmon run, but that run period falls within the historical accounting period and we didn't think much about it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">It took <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">a little over two years to gather enough data, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">but w</span></span></span>hen we looked at the first of it, there w<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">a</span>s already a signature in the charts which looked oddly familiar<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">. </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The similarity to the overall steelhead data </span>seemed strange: timing, certain suggestive peaks; these spring-caught coasters were more than five months out from spawning, so why did the charts look like <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">l</span>ook like a run?<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">After watching a coaster gorg<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">ing on pink eggs the following fall, we started thinking about the possibility that coasters <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">were </span></span>entering the streams in spring to take advantage of the abundance of free-drifting eggs from spawning steelhead.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">W</span></span>hen we compared the </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">regional and shore-wide coaster data <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">agai<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">nst </span></span></span>historical Lower, Mid and Upper Shore steelhead return peaks, it appeared to be more than a possibility:<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Eggs along with bonus aquatic insects likely provide a high value food source for relatively low energy expenditure in comparison to food in the lake, and e</span>ntering the streams may be a good survival strategy after a long dark winter given the easy availability. So too in <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">t</span>he fall to prepare for the rigors of their own spawning runs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We have enough data now that when you plot the Shore-wide historical charts for brook trout and rainbows together, it is difficult to ignore the correlations in the overall return period as well as the strong correlations to Mid and Upper Shore peak rainbow return to creel<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">D</span>irect comparison of Lower, Mid and Upper Shore regional brook trout creel peaks and their respective regional rainbow peaks provide independent regional correlations. The Mid and Upper Shore steelhead peak correlations in the combined chart above are very strong. We don't see as strong of a correlation on Lower Shore, but the thought is that with the lower prevalence of coasters in that region's annual creel, yet significantly higher in the Mid and Upper Shore creel, it may or may not lend some insight into presumed coaster populations and densities within each region. Or maybe they just travel, we're hoping the </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://www.minnesotasteelheader.com/CGP.html"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">Coaster Genetics Project</span></a> (CGP)</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> will begin to unravel some of those mysteries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>One observation from the 2019 Coaster Data:</b> The large reductions in coaster numbers from 2018 on both the Lower and Upper Shore of 48% and 79% respectively seems unusual. Mid Shore saw just a 13% reduction in comparison. When looked at in terms of flow, both Lower and Upper had some peak and sustained high flow rates which temporarily suppressed steelhead movement. Mid Shore experienced this to a far lesser degree in 2019. If you rank 2019 magnitude of sustained high flow by region against coaster creel reduction percentages it looks like this:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We have no idea if this means anything; it's highly unlikely the decrease is related to some large-scale population decline. Perhaps coasters just aren't wired to battle high flows like steelhead and they simply avoided the rivers to a larger degree on Lower and upper Shore during high flows. For certain, angling success was limited during periods of the highest flows, and this accounts for some of the decrease; we're just not sure how much. Some interesting questions for us to dig into at any rate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Please note that we are not using this spring brook trout creel data for fishing purposes. It has become a way to use a seemingly unrelated type of data to potentially understand more about the steelhead. If the premise holds true and coasters are taking advantage of free-drifting steelhead eggs as an alternative food source, it would make sense that increased coaster presence and catch might be directly related to timing and peaks in steelhead returns; it certainly seems so. Movement and f<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">e</span>eding interactions between coaster brook trout and spawning salmonids - Great study for an aspiring fisheries biologist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">When you read fishing articles about steelheading, one of the primary influences on steelhead movement mentioned is flow. From a biological perspective, migratory fish such as steelhead and salmon are "programmed" so to speak to migrate when high flows are available.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">There are numerous reasons for this and all are scientifically well documented. High flows offer migratory fish the best chance at bypassing obstacles and barriers to reach the upper regions of any given watershed where stream depths tend to be shallow at most other times of the year. These areas typically offer the best habitat for adult spawning as well as the habitat necessary for young fish to survive: Clean gravel, critically-sized substrate, well-oxygenated water, proper temperature ranges, woody debris, abundant food and protection from predators.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The prevailing wisdom is that essentially, flow is the be-all, end-all in steelhead fishing with respect to steelhead movement. <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><b>This holds true on the North Shore except for when it doesn't.</b> </span>This single anecdotal observation really drove us nuts and is largely what spawned the creel project. Because we are steelhead anglers first, the real question was, "Why did we catch fish one year, but caught nothing or caught low numbers the next on identical dates/times <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">or </span>during similar, seemingly ideal flow conditions?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">After first combing through old fishing logs, we began to notice a pattern. More specifically, the flow adage did not hold true at all during the early portions of the season when the water was cold. Something was going on in the North Shore environment which appeared to be different with respect to the question of flow and "When do they run?" Anecdotally we were also interested in getting at the science behind what MNST calls "Magic 40". Magic 40 is a term for a rule of thumb MNST uses to describe </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> the effectiveness of bait vs. fly vs. hardware presentations along with overall fish activity in a given stream at given temperature ranges<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"> </span></span>from a steelhead fishing perspective<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">After spending an inordinate amount of time reading and re-reading DNR technical literature, we finally found concrete references to the temperature ranges at which Minnesota DNR Fisheries documented steelhead beginning up-bound migrations in very high numbers. This seemed to explain why you can have ideal flows at low water temperatures, but not be finding or catching fish early in the run.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">What we did at that point was to use all of the available </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/areas/fisheries/lakesuperior/management.html"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">Minnesota DNR trap data</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> to create charts showing the total returns by temperature, and those which fell specifically within the early season cold-water temperature ranges that had us so thoroughly stumped.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">While it is somewhat more complicated than what we present here, the simplified threshold for major migration of up-bound adult steelhead occurs when average daily stream temperatures reach and maintain approximately 38°F. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">After several years and a couple cracks at trying to come up with a term that makes sense, MNST finally settled on what we now call, "Major Migration Threshold" or MMT. DNR fisheries literature for the North Shore discusses this phenomenon although they don't use the term MNST has adopted to illustrate this important concept.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Please note MNST is <i>not</i> suggesting there is single starting point based on temperature where someone drops a flag and all steelhead suddenly take off to begin migrating upstream, we're really talking about numbers and movement of steelhead that are numerically and statistically greater than at any other time in the run.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Up-bound migration of steelhead does in fact begin prior to the MMT threshold. We know from both the MNST Creel Project as well as DNR Fisheries Trap data that approximately <b>10-15%</b> of steelhead and kamloops return to creel and trap prior to MMT occurring. Once <span style="background: white;">MMT is attained however, all annual creel data for each region demonstrates that high numbers of adult steelhead, <b>85-90%+/- </b>return over the next 3-5 weeks. <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Of all the steelhead returning </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">post-MMT </span></span></span>to MNST creel,<span style="background-color: white;"><b> ~44% on average from each region of the Shore historically have returned to creel within the 14 days immediately following MMT.</b></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><b> </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We next went back and plotted daily average stream temperatures from 2 different Lower Shore index streams and <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">actual </span>Knife River flow against DNR </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">trap data predating MNST Creel. We only used years where we had the actual numbers of steelhead processed by exact date at the traps. We did this for two reasons: One was the above return sam<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">ples have<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"> broader temperature ranges<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"> encompassing MMT (+/-4°F), and we wanted to pinpoint the exact date each year these additional trap samples hit MMT accordi<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">ng to <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">DNR Fisheries definition regarding up-bound migration. </span></span></span></span></span>The second was<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"> </span>to mitigate sample error introduced through using the publicly reported numbers. We threw those years out because t<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">h</span>e publicly reported numbers don't fall on the exact date each individual fish was processed, and will often skew captures into a different week. The entire effort was to cross-check our findings from the creel project regarding MMT.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">The </span><span style="background: white;">results were substa<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">ntially similar although we did find overall kamloops return numbers were responsible for driving the pre-MMT <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">percentages up slightly</span></span>: ~18% of adult rainbows returning pre-MMT <i>regardless of flow</i>, with ~82% returning post-MMT <i>highly correlated with flow<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">.</span></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"> The following chart shows the return progressions for the 8 years of DNR Trap samples used</span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">. It should be noted that the 8 years MNST used do not fall in the DNR <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">temperature data above. </span>Note the number of adults that returned to trap in the 14-days immediately following MMT:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><u><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Additional observations regarding MMT</span></b></u> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">From a steelheading perspective, there is variability in MMT between each stream. Smaller streams reach this threshold sooner as they warm to MMT more quickly than larger streams. Our Lower Shore index streams (streams that have temperature data packages on them) are all smaller and tend to hit the threshold several days to up to a week prior to larger streams such as the Knife. There is also variability in MMT between regions. Steelhead migrations tend to follow a south to north progression along the North Shore unless we get wide-scale, uniform warming in a given year. This is clearly evident in the regional and shore-wide historical charts when you look at the separation between historical peaks and their dates.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">High flows can also have a significant effect on fish movement related to MMT. Streams experiencing flows near or at known up-bound limiting values at the time MMT is reached will show delays in up-bound migration as reflected in the trap and creel numbers. The Knife is a classic example. The known discharge limiting threshold is right around 500-600cfs. Above this value, up-bound migrations of steelhead and kamloops effectively ceases as </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">demonstrated in the trap data</span>. Steelhead already in the system tend to ride it out by holding tight in areas where they can avoid high current speeds. New fish move into the system in low numbers if at all despite stream temperatures having reached MMT. When flows drop below 500-600cfs, fish movement resumes. Depending on how long it takes for flows to drop below limiting discharge/flow rates, there may be a significant delay between MMT and up-bound movement. We saw this illustrated very well on Upper Shore streams in 2019. It took nearly three weeks post-MMT for creel to significantly increas<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">e:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">The <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">other significant <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">e</span>ffect on MMT is related to snow-pack. Once streams are largely ice<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">-free, they be<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">gin to warm at a progressively fa<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">ster </span>rate. You can see this in the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">stre<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">am guages as water temps respond to the daily solar-<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">cycle as illustrated be<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">low</span>. The dashed purple line is actual<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"> stream temp from<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"> the Poplar in 2018. Note how the base temps increase from the 16th through the 18th. This is a classic <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">pre-<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">MMT benchmark indicating that MMT is not far away provided the upward trend in <i>base</i> temp continues. </span></span>Each peak represents daily warming from solar energy (sunshine) near its' daily afternoon<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"> </span>maximu<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">m. Here, h<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">igh daily temps <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">are increasing from 32°F to just over 34°F on the 1<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">8</span>th and 19th, and base temps are also increasing<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">What you're looking at here is the effect of rapidly-melting snow-pack on stream temperatures. The same mechanism that is warming the stream and getting us closer to MMT is also melting the snow at ever increasing rates. This is dumping large volumes of near-freezing melt-water back into the stream and halting warming in its' tracks. The end result of which is delayed MMT.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The best you can hope for with deep snow-pack is a nice gradual warm-up which warms the streams, doesn't melt the snow-pack at at a rediculous rate, and allows for everything to re-freeze again at night. The freeze is important because it temporarily slows or stops the flow of <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">near-freezing meltwater getting to the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">stream<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. </span></span></span>This scenario also contribut<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">es to the most consistent <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">pre-MMT </span>steelheading <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">with good flows and water temps able to warm into the 36-37° range in the afternoons.</span> </span>Eventually enough snow-pack is gradually melted that a tipping-point is reached where regardless of any remaining near-freezing meltwater contribution, the stream can warm to MMT. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Goldilocks scenario looks like this below, with the peaks in melt slowly decreasing in height from left to right while the peaks in stream temps slowly increase. This stream is not all that far from its' tipping point. As soon as base temps begin to steadily climb and peak temps approach 40°F, MMT isn't far behind:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The worst case scenario is a deep snow-pack accompanied by a rapid warming trend lasting 3-5 days, and above freezing air temps overnight. This scenario produces a double-whammy. Not only does the rapid melting of snow pack and subsequent contribution of cold melt-water to the streams lower temps and delay MMT, it also has a tendency to drive flows to near or above up-bound limiting thresholds which effectively stops early migration. It's the proverbial one-two punch for North Shore steelheaders; a cold-water, pre-MMT blowout.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Regardless of what happens or how it happens<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"> be it </span>high, fast and <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">r</span>elatively clear flows, or whether you're staring down the raging chocolate yeti, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">you have to adapt presentations and tactics </span>to be consistently successful </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">regardless of which side of MMT we are on</span>. You'll need to use more weight to get things down to where fish are holding and to slow presentations down in fast water. In dirty water, using much bigger baits or flies that are much brighter or very dark colors so the fish can actually see them, and potentially using scent so the fish can smell them all increase success. In high flow conditions, fishing in areas of "quieter" water such as inside bends, below points right at your feet, behind large current breaks, or tight to the bottoms of deep pools are essential techniques during high flows. The overall point is that you have know where the fish go during these conditions. You then have to get the business end of your rig down to where the fish are, and the fish have to know it's there. If they cannot see it, or absent being able to see it to smell it, it's going to be a long day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">After completing the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">DNR </span>trap analysis, we designed a way to analyze the regional MNST creel data in the context of the temperature data. Despite a much smaller sample size of <span style="background: white;">6,994</span> rainbows, the results are nearly identical to the DNR Trap data. The subsequent MNST Creel MMT percentages have been uniform on an annual basis within each region +/- a couple of percentage points (See Mid Shore). 10-15% pre-MMT returns, peak returns occurring post-MMT in the magic-40 range (40-48°F), and 85-90% of adult fish are reported to creel throughout the remainder of the run.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">What you see depicted below are each region's total creel returns plotted by week and normalized for what we call here "Zero Week". The zero week represents the point at which each region reached and maintained the major migration threshold temperature for each unique year in the creel. In other words, we aligned all of the historical weekly data for that region so that the week of MMT became the center point. All returns falling in the pre-MMT temperature range are depicted as a separate curve and percentage. Note that the pre-MMT and post-MMT percentages largely correlate with the independent DNR Trap Data:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Mid-Shore reported a far higher number of Kamloops in 2018-2019. Up until 2018, Mid Shore pre-MMT percentages had consistently been ~11% annually. With kamloops known slightly lower return thresholds, it appears to have driven up Mid Shore pre-MMT percentages<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The practical application for the MNST Run Progression charts is that if you want to know what a typical run looks like on a year to year basis, these charts are probably it for each region:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Up to four weeks +/- pre-MMT run activity with 10-15% of adult rainbows returning to the streams and available to steelhead anglers. Fish will begin moving in almost immediately during ice-out, but you'll need to adopt cold-water techniques: Fishing slower water such as pools and deep runs, finding water that is marginally warmer (typically this means smaller streams), and/or concentrating on fishing afternoons when streams are usually at their daily maximums during early season </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Once MMT is attained and sustains, there is an ~14-day period when high numbers of rainbows are migrating upstream. This immediate post-MMT window represents your best chance at steelheading success given the numbers. You still have to adjust fishing locations and adapt presentations based on actual stream conditions of flow, clarity and temperature, but there will be significant numbers of fish on the move; it's up to you to go find them. Remember, not all streams hit MMT at the same time, nor do all Regions of the shore typically hit at the same time. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">Movement related to </span>MMT can be dela<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">yed due to flow effects</span> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Runs can last up to 5 additional weeks post-MMT, with subsequent pushes of fresh fish largely driven by increases in flow. The very end of the run seems to be dependent to a degree on stream temps. We still see small pushes of fish as long as temps remain below 60°F. High daily temps pushing thermal stress thresholds near 65°F seem to drive fish out of the systems completely unless they can find areas in the river with decent thermal stratification to ride it out a bit longer</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">With the prevalence of small, short-run streams on the North Shore, stream temps can rise very quickly during the latter parts of the run. We encourage anglers to watch temps during those latter stages and make smart decisions regarding whether to fish or not. The choice is simple; if you don't want to kill steelhead, don't fish for them when in-stream temperatures are high. For an easily digestible explanation of the problems associated with high stream temperatures, click this </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/publications/0010046.pdf"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none;">Temperature Link</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">One last related note: </span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">DNR fisheries data on <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">the </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">time </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">North Shore steelhead </span>spend<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"> </span>upstream of the trap (approximate time spent in the river) is 32 days for males and ~24 days for Females </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">on average</span>. Some steelhead have been documented at 60 days above trap, but this is not the norm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">It is unlikely the average time spent in stream holds exactly true for all returning fish within all North Shore streams. Many of our streams are smaller short-run streams which tend to warm quickly, and can approach thermal stress thresholds far earlier than the larger ones. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">What we typically see in the creel data is that by the time average stream temps exceed 54-58°F, things appear to start wrapping up. </span>We also have conclusive evidence of steelhead, largely tagged males, traveling great distances </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>(+/- 60 miles!) </b></span>in a short amount of time, then moving in and out of different rivers during the same run year. We're not sure how long those fish remain in a given river, but since they are trapped, tagged and subsequently reported from a different river all-together in the same year, they probably aren't spending a ton of time in any one stream. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">If we assume adult steelhead remain in the rivers somewhere between 1 and 32 days, then account for the differences between males and females, you get a conservative median days in stream of about 14. What we did below was to calculate the number of rainbows returning to 2019 lower shore creel, then calculated the </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">in-stream population </span>as a function of </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">time spent in the river</span>. The takeaway here is that even though daily returning steelhead numbers may be low on any given stream, the population of steelhead available to steelheaders on that stream or in that region builds over time. Each peak represents new fish entering the system, while each dip represents fish leaving the system after 14 days:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The highest availability of rainbows in terms of numbers in any given stream within a region probably lasts ~21 days on year to year basis. At a regional level, these peaks have some overlap; so too at the Shore-wide level. The actual period of rainbow availability in any given region is actually much longer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Keep in mind that in-stream population numbers are much lower on both the front and back-end of the run in any given stream, but build quickly as temperatures approach MMT. In-stream populations can also drop quickly if streams approach thermal stress thresholds on the tail-end of the run. When you look at the above period post-MMT (5/1-5/22), it illustrates in yet another way that the immediate post-MMT period is your best shot at catching steelhead.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">If you live close to the rivers, or are able to spend a lot of time on the rivers, this MMT focus may not be as important to you. But, if you have to plan for just a few short days each year, knowing how MMT affects steelhead movement on the North Shore can put you right in the steelheading wheelhouse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The picture being developed through applying your submitted reports to the Creel Project shows that the typical steelhead season in Minnesota is around 60 days on average with about 21 days of peak fishing in each Region. If you are willing to follow the migration as it develops from Lower Shore through the Mid and Upper Shore and remain flexible, it's an incredibly sweet deal for a steelheader.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>All-Time raw numbers</b> reported to the MNST creel for steelhead, kamloops and coasters <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">b</span>y year with MNST's long-term average in the last column:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Knife & French River Trap and statistical data provided by <a href="https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/areas/fisheries/lakesuperior/management.html#mnfishing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MN DNR Fisheries</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Discharge and Temperature Data Provided by the following:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://waterdata.usgs.gov/mn/nwis/rt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">USGS</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/csg/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MN DNR Cooperative Stream Gaging</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.lakesuperiorstreams.org/streams/stream_data.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lake Superior Streams.org</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Observational Data (snow-pack) by <a href="http://ge.ssec.wisc.edu/modis-today/index.php?viewcal=true&satellite=t1&product=true_color" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MODIS Today</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Additional Stream and Bio-Station Data by <a href="https://cf.pca.state.mn.us/water/watershedweb/wdip/index.cfm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Minnesota Pollution Control Agency</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Head Moose Train<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">er: Bill Berditzmann </span></span><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b></div>
NMFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564323298306454560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23931060.post-5525747601430415402019-06-02T11:00:00.001-05:002019-06-02T11:20:16.429-05:002019 Running Creel Project Totals<table border="3"><tbody>
<tr><td>DATE: <b>06/01/2019</b></td><td colspan="3"><div style="text-align: center;">
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</td><td align="center"><b>Steelhead</b></td><td align="center"><b>Kamloops</b></td></tr>
<tr><td><b>#Reported Since 05/20 </b></td><td align="center"><b>8</b></td><td align="center"><b>23</b></td><td align="center"><b>17</b></td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Total Reported</b></td><td align="center"><b>22</b></td><td align="center"><b>177</b></td><td align="center"><b>85</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>DATE: <b>06/01/2019</b></td><td colspan="3"><div style="text-align: center;">
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<b>Brook Trout</b></div>
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<tr><td><b>#Reported </b><b>Since </b><b>05/20</b></td><td align="center"><b>21</b></td><td align="center"><b>82</b></td><td align="center"><b>5</b></td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Total Reported</b></td><td align="center"><b>47</b></td><td align="center"><b>279</b></td><td align="center"><b>39</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>DATE: <b>06/01/2019</b></td><td colspan="3"><div style="text-align: center;">
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<tr><td><b>#Reported </b><b>Since </b><b>05/20</b></td><td align="center"><b>9</b></td><td align="center"><b>66</b></td><td align="center"><b>6</b></td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Total Reported</b></td><td align="center"><b>14</b></td><td align="center"><b>110</b></td><td align="center"><b>6</b></td></tr>
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<tr><td><b>#Reported </b><b>Since </b><b>05/20</b></td><td align="center"><b>38</b></td><td align="center"><b>171</b></td><td align="center"><b>28</b></td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Total Reported</b></td><td align="center"><b>83</b></td><td align="center"><b>566</b></td><td align="center"><b>130</b></td></tr>
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NMFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564323298306454560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23931060.post-22314370341103665132019-06-02T11:00:00.000-05:002019-06-02T10:56:54.180-05:002019 DNR Final Trap Totals - Recaptured Adults Where Noted<table border="3"><tbody>
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<tr><td><b>French River</b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><b>Total</b></td><td><b><b>Knife River</b></b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
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<tr><td>RECAPS REPORTED</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td>RECAPS REPORTED</td><td align="center">81</td><td align="center">13</td><td align="center">94</td></tr>
<tr><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center"><b>76</b></td><td align="center"><b>254</b></td><td align="center"><b>330</b></td><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center"><b>407</b></td><td align="center"><b>60</b></td><td align="center"><b>467</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>DATE: <b>5/21/19</b></td><td colspan="3"><div style="text-align: center;">
Knife Flow: <b>205 CFS</b> </div>
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Avg Temp: <b>50.76°F</b></div>
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<tr><td><b>French River</b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><b>Total</b></td><td><b><b>Knife River</b></b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
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<tr><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">3</td><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">17</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">22</td></tr>
<tr><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">76</td><td align="center">254</td><td align="center">330</td><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">488</td><td align="center">73</td><td align="center">561</td></tr>
<tr><td>DATE: <b>5/16/19</b></td><td colspan="3"><div style="text-align: center;">
Knife Flow: <b>124 CFS</b> </div>
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Avg Temp: 5<b>4.95°F</b></div>
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<tr><td><b>French River</b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><b>Total</b></td><td><b><b>Knife River</b></b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
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<tr><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">30</td><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">8</td><td align="center">8</td><td align="center">16</td></tr>
<tr><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">76</td><td align="center">251</td><td align="center">327</td><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">471</td><td align="center">68</td><td align="center">539</td></tr>
<tr><td>DATE: <b>5/13/19</b></td><td colspan="3"><div style="text-align: center;">
Knife Flow: <b>206 CFS</b> </div>
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Avg Temp: <b>52.24°F</b></div>
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<tr><td><b>French River</b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><b>Total</b></td><td><b><b>Knife River</b></b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
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<tr><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">7</td><td align="center">21</td><td align="center">28</td><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">30</td><td align="center">7</td><td align="center">37</td></tr>
<tr><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">76</td><td align="center">249</td><td align="center">325</td><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">463</td><td align="center">60</td><td align="center">523</td></tr>
<tr><td>DATE: <b>5/6/19</b></td><td colspan="3"><div style="text-align: center;">
Knife Flow: <b>194 CFS</b> </div>
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Avg Temp: <b>48.67°F</b></div>
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<tr><td><b>French River</b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><b>Total</b></td><td><b><b>Knife River</b></b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
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<tr><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">10</td><td align="center">39</td><td align="center">49</td><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">29</td><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">32</td></tr>
<tr><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">69</td><td align="center">228</td><td align="center">297</td><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">433</td><td align="center">53</td><td align="center">486</td></tr>
<tr><td>DATE: <b>5/5/19</b></td><td colspan="3"><div style="text-align: center;">
Knife Flow: <b>243 CFS</b> </div>
</td><td colspan="4"><div style="text-align: center;">
Avg Temp: <b>49.25°F</b></div>
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<tr><td><b>French River</b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><b>Total</b></td><td><b><b>Knife River</b></b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
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<tr><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">13</td><td align="center">35</td><td align="center">48</td><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">96</td><td align="center">14</td><td align="center">110</td></tr>
<tr><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">59</td><td align="center">189</td><td align="center">248</td><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">404</td><td align="center">50</td><td align="center">454</td></tr>
<tr><td>DATE: <b>5/3/19</b></td><td colspan="3"><div style="text-align: center;">
Knife Flow: <b>196 CFS</b> </div>
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Avg Temp: <b>41.18°F</b></div>
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<tr><td><b>French River</b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><b>Total</b></td><td><b><b>Knife River</b></b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
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<tr><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">8</td><td align="center">16</td><td align="center">24</td><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">33</td><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">38</td></tr>
<tr><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">46</td><td align="center">154</td><td align="center">200</td><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">308</td><td align="center">36</td><td align="center">344</td></tr>
<tr><td>DATE: <b>4/29/19</b></td><td colspan="3"><div style="text-align: center;">
Knife Flow: <b>221 CFS</b> </div>
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Avg Temp: <b>40.99°F</b></div>
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<tr><td><b>French River</b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><b>Total</b></td><td><b><b>Knife River</b></b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
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<tr><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">28</td><td align="center">113</td><td align="center">141</td><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">30</td><td align="center">8</td><td align="center">38</td></tr>
<tr><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">38</td><td align="center">138</td><td align="center">176</td><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">275</td><td align="center">31</td><td align="center">306</td></tr>
<tr><td>DATE:<b> 4/26/19</b></td><td colspan="3"><div style="text-align: center;">
Knife Flow: <b>318 CFS</b> </div>
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Avg Temp: <b>45.30°F</b></div>
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<tr><td><b>French River</b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
</td><td><b><b>Knife River</b></b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
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<tr><td>TRAP OPEN</td><td align="center">10</td><td align="center">25</td><td align="center">35</td><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">163</td><td align="center">21</td><td align="center">184</td></tr>
<tr><td>SEIN TBD 4/29/19</td><td align="center">10</td><td align="center">25</td><td align="center">35</td><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">245</td><td align="center">23</td><td align="center">268</td></tr>
<tr><td>DATE:<b> 4/22/19</b></td><td colspan="3"><div style="text-align: center;">
Knife Flow: <b>1261 CFS</b> </div>
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Avg Temp: <b>37.00°F</b></div>
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<tr><td><b>French River</b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
</td><td><b><b>Knife River</b></b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
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<tr><td>NOT YET OPEN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">41</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">42</td></tr>
<tr><td>FOR TRAP/SEIN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">82</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">84</td></tr>
<tr><td>DATE:<b> 4/18/19</b></td><td colspan="3"><div style="text-align: center;">
Knife Flow: <b>987 CFS</b> </div>
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Avg Temp: <b>34.53°F</b></div>
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<tr><td><b>French River</b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
</td><td><b><b>Knife River</b></b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
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<tr><td>NOT YET OPEN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">26</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">27</td></tr>
<tr><td>FOR TRAP/SEIN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">41</td><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">42</td></tr>
<tr><td>DATE:<b> 4/15/19</b></td><td colspan="3"><div style="text-align: center;">
Knife Flow: <b>190 CFS</b> </div>
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Avg Temp: <b>34.54°F</b></div>
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<tr><td><b>French River</b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Total</b></div>
</td><td><b><b>Knife River</b></b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
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<tr><td>NOT YET OPEN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">9</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">9</td></tr>
<tr><td>FOR TRAP/SEIN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">15</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">15</td></tr>
<tr><td>DATE:<b> 4/11/19</b></td><td colspan="3"><div style="text-align: center;">
Knife Flow: <b>259 CFS</b> </div>
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Avg Temp: <b>32.96°F</b></div>
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<tr><td><b>French River</b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
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</td><td><b><b>Knife River</b></b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
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<tr><td>NOT YET OPEN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">6</td></tr>
<tr><td>FOR TRAP/SEIN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">6</td></tr>
<tr><td>DATE:<b> 4/08/19</b></td><td colspan="3"><div style="text-align: center;">
Knife Flow: <b>556 CFS</b> </div>
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Avg Temp: <b>33.83°F</b></div>
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<tr><td><b>French River</b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
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</td><td><b><b>Knife River</b></b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
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<tr><td>NOT YET OPEN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td>Number Captured</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td></tr>
<tr><td>FOR TRAP/SEIN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td>Total Captured</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td></tr>
<tr><td>DATE:<b> 4/5/19</b></td><td colspan="3"><div style="text-align: center;">
Knife Flow: <b>221 CFS</b> </div>
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Avg Temp: <b>35.13°F</b></div>
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</td><td><b><b>Knife River</b></b></td><td align="center"><b>SH</b></td><td align="center"><b>KL</b></td><td><div style="text-align: center;">
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<tr><td>FOR TRAP/SEIN</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td>2019</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0</td></tr>
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NMFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564323298306454560noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23931060.post-73078409178804581242019-04-13T09:01:00.001-05:002019-04-13T09:01:12.818-05:00Are you interested in becoming a mentor?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Most outdoor sportsmen and women do not realize they have the skills necessary to be an effective hunting or fishing mentor. Do you? We have found that many folks are interested in helping to introduce new anglers or hunters to the sport, but often fall short with how to implement.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">One of our directors sits on the MN DNR R3 council. The council's purpose is to address, advise, and provide solutions to reduce further declining numbers of public participation in our hunting and fishing resources. </span><br />
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The link on this page is to a survey we developed to help us address some of the issues we have seen. Your participation, regardless if you have ever mentored, is very valuable. <span style="font-family: inherit;">The results of this survey will greatly help us learn more about where folks stand on mentoring. Please consider taking 4 minutes out of your day to take our survey, your participation is greatly appreciated</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-kerning: none;">Perhaps one of the most simple and durable patterns in my fly box is the Teeny Nymph. Pioneered by Jim Teeny of Gresham, OR., the Teeny Nymph combines easy to acquire materials with simplicity and durability. Mr. Teeny wanted to develop a fly for those very reasons and it has proven very effective in catching the anadromous fish of the west coast. In usual fashion, I figured that if this simple pattern caught fish out west why not in our neck of the woods?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-kerning: none;">I bought a few as examples and hit the vise. The fly is adaptable to many variations; adding tails, wings, flash, beads and tying it in various colors. The possibilities are limitless with this pattern. Although any wet fly hook could be used I really like the original hook. It is well made, has a great finish, is very strong and very sharp. You can purchase these hooks through Mr. Teeny’s website which I recommend you visit. I typically tie mine in a #6 and have found this size to be the most effective. Other successful variations I have incorporated into the fly is adding a few strands of Krystal Flash to the tail and heads of chartreuse and cerise. These have proven effective in most water conditions. Recently I have started to experiment with tungsten beads in various colors, “pink jawbreaker” being my favorite. Natural brown cock pheasant feathers make up the majority of my Teeny Nymphs with black being a close second.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-kerning: none;">I fish these flies in a standard nymphing technique with split shot under an indicator, varying the depth depending on water conditions. The durability of the fly is great and I actually think that after a few fish have had their way with it the slight raggedness of the fly increases it’s effectiveness. One final note on composition, although tied on a heavy hook I do tend to add a few wraps of lead on the hook shank to help get it down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Since most of the rivers in our area are smaller, finding great pocket water with nice holding lies is relatively easy and this water type is perfect for the Teeny Nymph. There have been a few fish that have absolutely crushed this fly with reckless abandon when water conditions are right while other fish have inhaled them slowly, like a spring creek brown. I never head out steelheading without a hearty supply of Teeny Nymphs</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12px;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-kerning: none;">Thread….<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Black 6/0 or 8/0</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-kerning: none;">Tail……..<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Cock pheasant tail fibers</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-kerning: none;">Legs.……<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Cock pheasant tail fibers</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-kerning: none;">There are many great videos online that describe the tying process for this fly and I recommend those.</span></div>
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Birdoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12324392540807078427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23931060.post-42814152214973613412019-04-09T08:37:00.001-05:002019-04-09T08:37:34.545-05:00Sucker River - Temporary angler access allowed...for now.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Earlier this year we contact the landowners
along the lower portion of the Sucker River for a follow-up conversation
regarding their decision to close river access along their portion of land adjacent
to the East side near the mouth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
descriptive sake, we will term the riversides as if looking downstream, so
downstream-left (DL) and downstream-right (DR).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you are new to this access closure issues you should first read<a href="http://minnesotasteelheader.blogspot.com/2017/04/sucker-river-angler-access-no-more.html" target="_blank"> HERE</a>,
then read this <a href="https://minnesotasteelheader.blogspot.com/2018/09/sucker-river-access-closed.html" target="_blank">POST</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The following will
make more sense if you understand the history behind the situation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3dH8xwfX7lC8moShOdeLPLIw8LNmg_V6eNNBrAeje6wHz5_8ZDAlC9ejSQB7u3_gI94AinVNfDK9zjiX20xkE35GQ-TM8D6lVPL7E6BL1OBcd_yb0DcWIe60pewG3Qy5Fgdu7/s1600/Trail+posting+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3dH8xwfX7lC8moShOdeLPLIw8LNmg_V6eNNBrAeje6wHz5_8ZDAlC9ejSQB7u3_gI94AinVNfDK9zjiX20xkE35GQ-TM8D6lVPL7E6BL1OBcd_yb0DcWIe60pewG3Qy5Fgdu7/s320/Trail+posting+2.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">During our conversation the one landowner (remaining nameless)
reiterated that the access will remain closed to the public, anglers included.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was again stated that they enjoy sharing
the land and visiting with respectful visitors and anglers, but also needed
to do something to prevent any future theft and vandalism.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The good news for anglers is that this access will be
open to anglers from April 19th – May 19<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As stated, this landowner enjoys sharing
with anglers and hopes that you will all be respectful and mindful of the property
owner’s rights, new rules, and access.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
owner hopes to one day have continual access, but even with new signs in place,
people, anglers too, are disregarding his message and blatantly trespassing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Some land ownership clarification for below the North
Shore Drive at the Sucker River:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">*The west side (DR) of the river below scenic HWY 61 is privately
owned and is closed always. It is posted and has been posted for years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This means no access.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">*The first portion (below parking lot) on the East side (DL)
has a sign about trespassing but allows anglers to access and fish. This is the
access trail right at the parking lot.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">*Halfway to the mouth on the east side (DL) there is a
rope and posted signage. There is no access until April 19 and then it closes
in the evening of May 19. This is the area referred to in this and past
articles.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Our message to all of you that enjoy fishing this portion
of the Sucker River is to be mindful and aware of those abusing this access privilege.
Take a pic/video with your phone, get a license number, or call the
conservation officers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The posted signs have when up this past month and appear
to be working with most but not all fishermen… <b>the woods have eyes and will see you.</b> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is obvious people have already been past
the rope over this past weekend. Those few violators will impact what access privileges
will be available in the future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Area Conservation Officers are aware of the posted signs
and will enforce. The ability of the anglers to comply with the postings will
impact future access privileges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wishing
you all a safe and successful spring season!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Apologies for the long hiatus, life got in the way of putting together another article in the series. I hope to have more time in the future to publish these more regularly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The next fly up to bat is an all-around touchdown when it comes to catching fish, and everyone needs to have a few of these in their box (preferably in various sizes and colors). The Wooly Bugger can be considered as one of the most versatile of all fly patterns. Simply put the fly can be used for numerous species, from saltwater to freshwater, used in all types of environments, from cold water to warm water, all seasons and all water types. I have used them for Steelhead, Browns, Smallmouth, Loopers, Lake Trout, Brook Trout, Northern Pike, Redfish, even for trout through the ice in the BWCA. The sky is truly the limit for this fly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">My excitement for the big Wooly Bugger was realized about 15 years ago while fishing for late run Steelhead on the North Shore. The day was warm and sunny and the water temps had jumped into the upper 40’s. My friend Kevin and I were swinging flies on a larger North Shore river that is very productive later in the season. Flows were about perfect with great visibility. Armed with a light sink tip and larger buggers tied on 4XL hooks we experienced crushing strikes as we swing the flies through likely holding water. The river in question has a great hatch of large stoneflies but more critically it has an abundance of large hellgrammites. Inevitably the fish were keying on my large brown buggers. It was a fantastic few days on the shore.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4L7bjQxLpuzC3ad4aRTdvA2PcVX4Hw-4l3eMo59Rcv2UcpM35uAj6CRPEzu7ZI4SF4ol0AW09X7_Y85MyNrsvutnG9Kg3Hdx8e0VDE0HHIUsYCSgdKXcMKCI-iNK5kLpYTtKD/s1600/Upper+Falls+Buck-Again%2521.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4L7bjQxLpuzC3ad4aRTdvA2PcVX4Hw-4l3eMo59Rcv2UcpM35uAj6CRPEzu7ZI4SF4ol0AW09X7_Y85MyNrsvutnG9Kg3Hdx8e0VDE0HHIUsYCSgdKXcMKCI-iNK5kLpYTtKD/s200/Upper+Falls+Buck-Again%2521.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="font-kerning: none;">Since that day some of my most memorable trips have included large brown Wooly Buggers. Referencing my fishing log it seems that if fish are still around closer to late May, black out performs brown. One phenomenal stretch occurred in 2010. After some hard fishing and a few fish on a upper shore river the air temperature warmed and a warm spring rain provided a much needed freshet to the river. The river levels were down considerably due to an early run-off making fishing options few. Fishing in a heavy rain I covered much of the fishable pools again with sink tips and modified swings. I had on a 4XL Black Wooly Bugger and this combination was king! Many nice fish absolutely crushed the fly with abandon making the wet conditions tolerable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">One last memorable experience came again late in the season over the Memorial Day weekend. It was a wonderful warm spring day and I was swinging one of my favorite runs with the large black bugger when during the pause at the end of the swing the fly was crushed. I lifted my rod to set the hook and I was quickly broken off. I hurriedly tied on another bugger and swung the fly through the same run. Again the fly was met with a vicious strike. This time I was able to stay pinned. My rod throbbed with a large fish. But this fish felt different and after a few seconds it made a strong run then came back to me only to make another long run. I had a hunch it was no Steelhead and as I gained line and brought it closer to get a good look at it I have to admit I started to laugh and was soon tailing a 28” Northern Pike. Hilarious! I was shocked my tippet held with those teeth! No wonder my first fly parted so abruptly!</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjCSI14njtPV1HfTwczqKxwu_gNrd5BA54lQXlySzeVWSrnEo-wQp92AWYyk227lBoagBhCPwrvbOsH-fNJ_0x0DuEvOXgEOw5TIPVBruyugnDq5_twFl6W65WqHv42QW0jSH7/s1600/IMG_4736.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjCSI14njtPV1HfTwczqKxwu_gNrd5BA54lQXlySzeVWSrnEo-wQp92AWYyk227lBoagBhCPwrvbOsH-fNJ_0x0DuEvOXgEOw5TIPVBruyugnDq5_twFl6W65WqHv42QW0jSH7/s320/IMG_4736.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-kerning: none;">Over the years I have toyed with the recipe and through success I have settled on a fairly traditional pattern. I prefer a #6 4XL heavy shank hook, wrapped with lead to get the fly down. I use six strands of black Krystal Flash in the marabou tail, three on each side. I counter wind fine copper wire back to the head to finish the pattern. This reinforces the hackle and makes the pattern much more durable. My #6 buggers include a 3/16 copper bead as well. I find the copper accents tend to out perform similar additions in gold. I am unsure why but I suspect that with the tannin colored water the copper color is more attractive, just a guess on my part. I also carry #8 size buggers in my box as well. These I tie with and without a bead to be able to cover thinner, clearer water.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Due to the frequent violent strikes I tend to use 2x tippet and larger, tying the fly on with a Uni, or Duncan loop knot. Unless it’s a rouge Northern Pike, this combo is very reliable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The fly is tied using traditional techniques and here is the recipe (substitute black for brown when tying black buggers):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Shore casting the North Shore of Lake Superior can at times appear to be a daunting task, it is, however, an enjoyable and very effective way to fish the big lake. </span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">River mouths</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Most of us have seen the numerous fishermen lining the banks near the French or Lester rivers. Why? Because these are consistently good places to fish. A beginning shore caster would be smart to start their quest fishing river mouths, particularly early in the season when steelhead, Kamloops and lakers can be found in abundance. The river plumes provide warm water and a steady flow of bugs which fish like. Due to the fairly shallow water found at most mouths, it’s best to fish them in low light. Target these areas early in the morning and late in the evening or on a dreary overcast day. You will be less noticeable to the fish and they will be less apt to spook. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Seeing how there are over 25 potential stream/river mouths to fish it would be crazy to ignore these great areas. Fly and hardware fishermen can have equal success. The person fishing hardware will have a slight advantage in covering a greater distance but I have seen fish occupying every area of the plume, often times feeding like normal stream trout eating bugs floating in the current out into the lake. Lighter spoons and shallow diving Rapalas have proven most effective for me. When fly fishing I have most often used baitfish imitations on a fairly short leader and an intermediate clear line which has a sink rate of 1.5 inches per second. I will stand on one side of the plume and cast across the current to the other side. This allows the line to be swung across the plume by the current. I then let the fly hang in the current a few seconds at the end of the swing (ala Lani Waller) then strip it back in. I will move down the side of the plume until I can’t stand the depth or the cold water anymore. I also carry dries with me because nothing is worse than trudging down the path to the river mouth to discover the trout feeding on the surface and not having anything to offer. So I have various non-descript dries that hopefully will fit the bill. These I fish with a reach or parachute cast to get the right drift.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">A note on equipment:</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Most of my large fly rods are equipped with interchangeable tip fly lines. This allows me to fish widely varying conditions without wasting valuable time. Stuart Osthof of Boundary Waters fame lives by being a well-prepared fisherman. The articles in his magazine continually emphasize preparedness and maximizing fishing time and this is something I stress as well. The more prepared you are to handle varying conditions the more success you will have. I consider interchangeable tips to be one of these tools. Before interchangeable tips were widely available I used multiple spools with different lines. This was effective but changing spools took your fly out of the water for large amounts of time. Spool changes most often required that you head to a safe dry spot on the bank to affect the change. I can change my tips very quickly and without having to return bankside. It’s a great weapon to have.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br />As with all activities in and around Lake Superior please use sound judgment and I would suggest a personal floatation device if wading along the plume.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br />One further comment on river mouth fishing. I have on occasion fished several North Shore stream mouths in a float tube. This was pretty exciting but you need perfect conditions. If I do this in the future I believe I would want one of the newer pontoon boats. This would keep you up and out of the cold water and be much safer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Manmade structures are another fantastic way to get in some good shorefishing (obviously not on this day in 2001). From the south pier at the Duluth entry to the breakwater at Grand Marais fish like structure and these fit the bill. These areas are usually easily accessible and give the fisherman an advantage in being high above the waterline allowing farther casts. Many different species can be targeted but the primary sport are coho’s, Kamloops, steelhead and brook trout. Larger piers and breakwaters can be found in Duluth/Superior, Two Harbors, Silver Bay, Taconite Harbor, and Grand Marais. Smaller structures can be found at McQuade Access, Sugar Loaf, Twin Points, Tofte, Hovland, and Horseshoe Bay. Although you do have the advantage of height above the water, take this into consideration when hooking and playing your fish. It might be a great idea to have a long-handled net or scout the area thoroughly to know where you will go to land the fish and if necessary return it safely to the water.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Beach areas are typically not the greatest spot for shore casting but can surprise you on occasion. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Our family cabin is in a small bay far up the North Shore. It sits off the lake by about 100 feet. The bay is fairly deep and the shore consists of, as my Dad likes to call it, “big sand”. Early one morning I was sitting at our dining table sipping coffee and watching the big lake through the large picture window when I saw a large rise about 30 feet from shore, being a former boy scout I like to be prepared at all times (see above), so I had a rod rigged with a heavy casting spoon leaning near the door of the cabin. After I saw the rise I bolted from the cabin grabbing my rod and rushing down to the beach. After arriving I stood silent, ready to cast and observing the water intently. Sure enough 30 feet out and directly in front of me the fish rose again, as it cruised parallel to the shoreline. I made a cast about 15 feet in front of the rise, cranked the reel 3 times and was met with a vicious strike. The fish broke the surface in a fantastic leap and made several nice runs. After a few minutes, the fish was on the beach, a beautiful 19” female steelhead. I had not intended on fishing that morning but an easy opportunity presented itself and I was ready, and low and behold I had success.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br />This story has repeated itself numerous times since then, with flies and spoons. I consider it, as the cajuns call it, a “lagniappe” (pronounced LAN-yap, which is something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure/fortune).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">I think the big picture here is that fishing can present opportunities anywhere; observe and be in touch with your inner boy scout.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Perhaps the best all-around features for shore fishing are rocky points that protrude out into the lake a substantial distance. If you can find them, a point with a significant drop off close to shore is nearly perfect. I have one favorite point near our cabin that produces for me practically every time a venture there. The rocks are high above the water providing excellent visibility and casting distance. An added bonus is that there is a nice shelf of rocks closer to the waterline that in reasonably calm conditions provides a nice place to land and release a fish. Often times I will be able to watch the fish come from the depths to attack my spoon or fly, it is fantastic! Polarized glasses help tremendously, they cut down the glare and can allow the fisherman to see any fish that follow the bait. If a fish follows, cast back in that direction to get another chance. My typical spoon presentation is to cast along the drop-off, allow the spoon to sink several seconds then start the retrieve. I have learned the hard way as to how long to allow the spoon to sink, losing several to snags, but allowing it to get near the bottom has its payoffs. One midday of casting found me waiting too long for the sink. I began my retrieve to find that I was snagged, a few jerks of the rod tip freed the spoon which was then attacked by a 3 lb. laker, wahoo! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Rocky points often funnel baitfish during windy conditions so don’t ignore them if the wind is churning the big lake. Last year I fished my favorite point with a strong easterly breeze. This made it difficult to get a long cast but I could still get it out there. As the waves were breaking on the rocks below me I thought I felt a non-rock like </span>bump<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">. I finished the retrieve and got my spoon back out there, a few seconds later I was into a heavy fish battling me and the surf. It was a challenge to land but shortly I had the 5 lb. lake trout to hand. Added to the small pink I caught earlier It was another memorable day on the point.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">A further bonus to this spot is that it gets lots of sun and has nice places to sit and relax so my wife enjoys hiking out there with me. She brings a book to read in the sun while I fish. We often picnic there as well; smoked fish and good beer are a favorite!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">One of the joys of shore fishing in Lake Superior is that you really never know what you might catch. I have caught coho’s, steelhead, pink’s, lake trout and several brook trout including a 23” 4 lb. spectacular male. Warm water species are also a possibility. However, the majority of my catch tends to be lakers in the 1.5 to 5 lb. range. This is alright by me since I consider them fantastic table fare. The lake trout you will find close to shore are the great tasting red fins. Their flesh is orange and they are nice and lean. There are several very good recipes, from planking to baking in tin foil. I often use an easy but absolutely wonderful recipe out of Ron Berg’s book; Northwoods Fish Cookery. It’s a simple blend of butter, soy sauce, and corse ground pepper. over a cedar coal fire on the beach and paired with a Lake Superior chilled Pino Grigio, it is simply fantastic! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">For the majority of my shore fishing, I fish an 8’ 6” St Croix Wild River rod (</span><span style="color: #1c201c; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">WC86MHF2) with a larger spinning reel spooled with 8 lb. test line. This longer rod offers great line control, exceptional fighting ability and I believe better distance on the casts. My spoons of choice are #4 Krockidiles in hammered blaze orange and silver (or gold) and the same spoon in blue and silver hammered. The Krocs allow for excellent casting distance due to their significant weight and have great action. Often I remove the treble hook and replace it with siwash style single hooks. I don’t believe that this affects my hookups and it helps when releasing fish. The blaze orange spoon is very visible from a high vantage point and it's hard to beat watching a big fish come out of the depths to nail the lure.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1c201c; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br />For flyfishing, I have tried numerous different approaches and equipment. I always come back to my 9 1/2’ 7wt rod paired with a substantial reel that has a very good drag. Since you really never know how big the fish will be (A few tears ago a fella shore casting caught a 16 lb. Lake Trout off the mouth of the Brule) it pays to have a stout reel with a good drag and a fair amount of backing. The fish has the whole lake to maneuver so the backing may come into play. As for line and presentation see the note on gear above. Over the past few years, I have fished a 14' and 12’ 6” Spey rod swinging large flies for fish. These flies are tied on Waddington shanks and have stinger hooks and let me tell you...the fish are there!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1c201c; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Perhaps the greatest attraction to shore-casting is that it is fairly easy for anyone to do. You don’t need a big boat and fancy equipment to fish and be successful on the big lake. A little time spent looking at maps and planning out your day can send you on the trail to success. Bring the family, a picnic lunch and have the kids try their luck. With a little help from you, it’s a great way to get them into the sport.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Our Lake Superior North Shore winter fishing clinic is open for registration. We are limiting the clinic to 12 anglers. Registration fills quickly, so sign up early.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The clinic will be held along the North Shore inside. Fishing on your own after you learn all you need to know to get started!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Below is some of the information you will find on our website information page. A registration link is there too. This is a unique opportunity to fish open water in February for good tasting Kamloops rainbow trout and coho salmon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;"><strong style="color: #be703b;"><span style="color: #36608b;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">What is the Winter Shore casting clinic?</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">This clinic is aimed to teach anglers the fundamentals of shore casting the breaks, beaches, and shore of Minnesota's Lake Superior shoreline. The clinic focuses on steelhead and Kamloops rainbow trout, but will also touch on some other available species.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">Due to unpredictable weather, the clinic will be conducted indoors. We will cover everything you will need to know to get started on your next adventure. All participants are encouraged to bring their fishing gear. If weather permits, anglers can put their new skills to the test after the clinic. The lake will only be a snowball throw away.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #36608b;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">What will you learn?</span></span></strong><span style="color: #36608b;"><span style="color: #595959; font-size: 11pt;">Our volunteer directors will teach what we have learned over the years to effectively target steelhead and Kamloops during the winter shore casting months. Much of what you will learn can also be applied when fishing during the spring, summer and fall seasons as well. </span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #595959; font-size: 11pt;">Our main angling approach at this clinic will focus on the use of spinning rods, reels, and terminal tackle. We will teach you the various set-ups that work for us, demonstrate how to line them and what terminal tackle you will need. We will cover several different types of lures and when and how to fish them, the types of live bait, and how best to fish in a variety of conditions. </span><span style="color: #595959; font-size: 11pt;">We cover cold weather gear basics, added fishing accessories, and some safety tips to keep your day dry and productive.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #595959; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">We also teach you how to best select likely productive fishing locations. We cover what key things to look for and what areas to stay away from. Minnesota has approximately 150 miles of Lake Superior shoreline for anglers. Much, but not all is accessible to anglers, we will hone in on the good stuff.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><span style="color: #36608b;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Who can attend? </span></span></strong><span style="color: #36608b;"><span style="color: #595959; font-size: 11pt;">This clinic is open to all anglers looking to get an introduction to Lake Superior shore casting. Though our clinic will only be a classroom setting, some of our volunteer instructors will likely be angling and will surely offer up conversation and answer any questions.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #595959; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">Our program instructors, Arron and Lisa, strongly encourage women and Parent/child pairs to participate in the clinic. Children must register and attend with an adult to participate. What you will learn here can easily be applied to comfortable spring, summer and fall fishing as well.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #36608b;"><span style="color: #595959; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">For the classroom, you will only need your morning beverage. We plan to have a detailed handout for <span style="font-family: inherit;">each angler so note taking can be kept at a minimum.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">We recommend the following if you plan to fish after the clinic. First and foremost, bring a positive attitude. You will also need to supply yourself with your own fishing equipment (rod, reel, line, lures, bait, etc.). We also strongly suggest ice cleats, a net, polarized glasses, and a camera. See below for a general list of suggested equipment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #36608b; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #595959; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">There is no cost for this event but we have suggested minimum donations.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #36608b;"><span style="color: #595959; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #595959; font-size: 11pt;">Our volunteer staff is donating their time and talents to teach and guide during this wonderful clinic. <span> </span></span><span style="color: #595959; font-size: 11pt;">All donations received for our events and clinics go right back to help fund future educational programs, community events and habitat projects, and further our conservation mission. This clinic continues on because of your generosity.<br /></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #614c77;"><strong>15 and under</strong><span> </span>- open donation<br /><strong>Students</strong><span> </span>- $15.00 min. suggested donation<br /><strong>Adults</strong><span> </span>- $25 min. suggested donation</span> </span></span></span></span></div>
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