Mid November Stamp River Steelhead Report

November 16 2017

River High - Fishing has been great

Overview

The fall season so far has been a good one with numbers of encounters and overall abundance of Fall Steelhead increased so far over recent years. Last week fishing was really good, but we were off the water this week for guide holidays. They couldn't have picked a better week with the big rains and high waters. Would have been a tough week otherwise. Guides are fishing again this weekend in the upper river.

The average return of Steelhead through the Stamp Falls counters to date are normally about 800 fish from June through October with highs over 2000 and lows around 600. This year 1441 Steelhead have passed through the counters so far! Fishing has been excellent and seeing some reports and photos of big fish in the mix which indicates a good ocean survival.

Stamp River Steelhead Murphy Sportfishing Nov 2017

River Gauges

DFO has a series of gauges on the river which we utilize to share information on levels.  There is the gauge at Robertson Creek, Stamp Falls and the Sproat River.  Stamp Falls gauge is our key indicator that we follow to indicate trends.  This gauge is below the confluence of the Ash and Stamp, so high higher volumes than the one at Robertson Creek which is on the very upper Stamp.

The other functioning gauge is the Sproat River. In high water conditions this is very helpful towards indicating the trend but it is a very short river with Sproat lake behind it. The Sproat River gauge which is a few km above where it empties into the Somass River.

For this snapshot I have included the thirty day trend so you can see where we are relatively.

Stamp River Middle Water Levels Guage   Robertson Creek Stamp River Levels

Weekly Weather Outlook

Weather Forecast as of Nov 21 2016


Our services are now on the "Winter Program" which mean day charters are available with our without accommodations.  We do provide accommodations for those who require them with a full breakfast and boxed lunches.

Available Dates:

Date Availability
Nov 18 Saturday 1 boats available
Nov 19 Sunday 1 boats available
Nov 20 Monday 3 boats available
Nov 21 Tuesday 3 boats available
Nov 22 Wednesday 3 boats available
Nov 23 Thursday 3 boat available
Nov 24 Friday 2 boat available
Nov 25 Saturday 3 boats available
Nov 26 Sunday 3 boats available
next week Call for availability


David and Marilyn Murphy (brother and sister team)

Call anytime for the latest conditions and reports
250-723-8022
murphy@island.net

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