16 Quotes by Joe Hymer

Conditions looked pretty good a couple of weeks ago, but the smelt just didn't materialize. It isn't over yet, but the current prognosis isn't that great.

The water is dropping, the time is right, and there have been some smelt in there. Everything is pointing in a positive direction for the weekend.

The water around Castle Rock is not high but turbid, and it's hard to say what is going to happen to smelt in there.

It's not all doom and gloom. The Wind and Drano are the ones that could show some strength. But we have been fooled by good jack returns in the past.

Smelt like it around 42 degrees or higher.

I looked back at past yearly catches, and they resembled what we saw last month.

All the rivers are pretty darn high, and the Lewis water flow was up to 30,000 CFS (cubic feet per second).