Deschutes River · Oregon
Warm Springs Reach
Target: Summer Steelhead
Confidence is reduced because recent angler reports was unavailable. The score reflects only the sources that reported in.
Angler briefing
generated · claude-haiku-4-5**Verdict:** Warm Springs Reach scores excellently at 81/100 for summer steelhead, though confidence is moderate at 62% due to missing recent angler reports. **What's working:** Fish populations are well above baseline (+48%), and water temperature sits squarely in the ideal 8–16°C band, together accounting for over half the score. **What's limiting:** River flow at 3510 cfs runs significantly high compared to the optimal 600–2200 cfs window, which likely suppresses some of that potential; weather conditions are favorable but minor. The lack of on-the-ground angler feedback means you won't know if structure, access, or recent catch success align with these conditions.
What drove the score
Factor breakdown
Fish counts
Recent count 320 vs 216 baseline (+48%, rising).
view source ↗Water temperature
13.7°C is in the ideal band (8–16°C).
view source ↗River flow
3510cfs is above ideal (600–2200cfs).
view source ↗Weather & pressure
1% cloud, 23 km/h wind, rising pressure.
view source ↗Excluded — source unavailable
- Recent angler reportsweight 8% · dropped
Catch report
Did you catch fish here?
No account, no personal data — just the catch outcome.
Fish-count feed
last 6 readingsSame inputs · every model version
Provenance
- inputs hash
- a3b2142d
- reproducible
- ✗ mismatch
- usgs gauge
- 14092500 ↗