12 February--The Deadwater ice jam near North Fork, always a landmark for spring steelhead fising in the Salmon area, is between one and two miles long--upper end is a little ways above the Deadwater campground. I would expect it to go out this week. Day temperatures have been in the 30s and low 40s but very little sun--which would warm the river. The head of the jam this year reached only to Kriley Gulch, between Red Bluff and Fourth of July, so all the ramps upstream including Red Bluff, remained ice-free. Ramps downstream have not had ice knocked out even though the river is open well below North Fork.
Boats are out, fish are being caught, though weather is cool enough that getting an early start isn't a lot of fun. There have been some very pleasant afternoons.
