On the 28th of August with the high water there were about 1000 Chinook come into the Nitinat River and find their way up to Red Rock Pool and a few of the pools lower. 

Nov 1st..
Many COHO that are in the system have gone further up into the River, past Parker Creek ... even the Chinook this year did manage to spawn further up than in many of the previous years. All fish numbers are down this year with about 11,000 Chinook,50,000 Chum and a mere 4,000 Coho.But I think we will see more Coho and Chum coming in until later November.



October 16th...
 There are many new and very silver Chum in the lower River today...a few big Coho in the river from the road bridge all the way down...many of the early Coho moved up into the upper part of the River...Purple Intruders were the ticket today...a Black Bunny tail, Crystal Chenille body, Purple Marabou collar and about 10 strands of Bright Pearl Flashabou...out fished 4 people  within 200 feet 6 to 1

Sept 30th...
Fished the River yesterday...still some nice chinook coming in...but the River closes on the 1st until the 15th ..landed a Coho in the upper teens ..water was very good..apparently the Hatchery Crew took about 1500 Chinook from the Red Rock Pool for Brood...good job...the bears were out in full force as were the Bear poachers( several First Nations  conservation minded -keepers of the wild type folk) killed a Black Bear at the Mouth at the lake and likely sold the Gall Bladder and claws for who knows what. Shame -Shame!


 Sept 22...
Fished again on the Lower River and landed many big fish including big Coho...no Coho retention until Oct 15th...teh bears are out as well...keep your guns at home...

Sept 17...
more than 1000 Chinook entered the River on the Full Moon and many more to come...the gear guys were there in force to make sure that some didn't get by without a few scares. This year is seeing some very large fish. A special note: theer are also Coho mixed in with these fish. We managed to revive a fish that was left for dead by one of the gear fishers. Please take time to take care of teh fish to be released.

Sept 8th....
Again we drifted from Red Rock to Poison Slough and saw fewer fish. Some snaggers were killing fish at Red Rock Pool and there were about 8 guys throwing lead at a few fish at the Big Corner Pool...a couple were snagged and kept unfortunately. There were a few fish above Glory and I saw 3 fish in Sturgeon...Dennis caught a nice 4 lb. Cutt/Bow above the Corner pool in the fast water and that was about it...Water is still good and will likely be for the season....head for the River when we get rain or you may have to wait until later when the Full moon has it's influence


AS of Sept 4th there were no fish in the regular holding pools ...Sturgeon and Poison Slough...a few fish were at Eagle Rock Pool and near Cut Corner...Landed a small Steelhead on Sept..4th...and a few Springs to 35 lbs. Not enough fish yet to consider a real target...Water is excellent and will likely become on the Low Side if we don't get any rain as is predicted for a few days.