http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/or...f/2016/08/deschutes_steelhead_give_way_t.html
This is cause for concern. Bass invading the lower Deschutes is not good. Evidently the water temps have risen to a point where smallmouth (and at least one LMB) have felt very comfortable swimming up the river from the Columbia.
Considering smallies have pretty much well taken over the lower John Day, it is a real possibility that they could also move into the Deschutes and setup house keeping.
I'm not sure the bass will effect the redbands, the steelhead and salmon but I do find it ironic there is a bounty for Northern Pike Minnow in the Columbia because they evidently do effect the smolts and yet the NPM are a wild and native species in Washington and Oregon. The warmwater species in the system are not native yet there is no bounty on them!? WTF????
This situation may not end well for the trout, salmon and steelhead in the Deschutes.
Guess we'll find out.
This is cause for concern. Bass invading the lower Deschutes is not good. Evidently the water temps have risen to a point where smallmouth (and at least one LMB) have felt very comfortable swimming up the river from the Columbia.
Considering smallies have pretty much well taken over the lower John Day, it is a real possibility that they could also move into the Deschutes and setup house keeping.
I'm not sure the bass will effect the redbands, the steelhead and salmon but I do find it ironic there is a bounty for Northern Pike Minnow in the Columbia because they evidently do effect the smolts and yet the NPM are a wild and native species in Washington and Oregon. The warmwater species in the system are not native yet there is no bounty on them!? WTF????
This situation may not end well for the trout, salmon and steelhead in the Deschutes.
Guess we'll find out.