Umpqua & Bass

Pandion · 05-07-2007, 06:29 AM

Floated the Umpqua from Second Bridge to Elkton over the weekend. The bass fishing (catching) was slow to almost non-existent. We were taking water temperature readings and it was showing in the upper 40s. We thought our thermometer might have been off.

Is there a website where you can get up-to-date temperature readings for the Umpqua? We plan on doing the float again when the river temperature levels get a little warmer.

Thanks

raptorschild · 05-07-2007, 07:13 AM

Do a google search for "USGS Water Data"....and you should be on your way. Not sure if the Umpqua is listed on their site, but most streams are.

fishheadko · 05-07-2007, 07:52 AM

Maybe a local guide for the Umpqua would be of service too.

NWaddict · 05-07-2007, 11:11 AM

by 2nd bridge to elkton do you mean you did the big k loop from Kellog down?

I've been thinking of doing that drift myself sometime. How many days did you do it in?

thanks,
Dom

Pandion · 05-07-2007, 11:51 AM

We launched at Second Bridge (at least that is what they told me it was called). It is about 7 to 10 miles (by road) upstream from Elkton. The trip took two days, with a lot of rowing the last stretch from First Bridge to Elkton. We camped down stream from the Big K.

There were a few boats anchored up for salmon and I think we were the only boats on the water fishing for bass. I'd wait a while until the water warmed up.

I checked a few of the websites, they list flows but not temperature. I'm hoping to find a site that will list water temperature before trying it again.

NWaddict · 05-07-2007, 12:53 PM

thanks for the info. I think the 2nd bridge you're talking about is kellog. The put-in is just a soft dirt slide just downstream of the bridge. I've taken out there a couple times but never drifted through to elkton.

Is there anything you can tell me about the rapid below the big K that supposedly gets some people sometimes?

thanks again

Dom

Pandion · 05-07-2007, 02:12 PM

There are short rapids just before the Big K that have a pretty good drop. Stay to the left of the river and ride the chute through. There is another set of rapids further down stream from the Big K that also has the chute running to the left bank. Neither were that bad but since I was the rider and not the rower, I wasn't looking at the technical aspect of the rapids.