Salmon River · Idaho · Columbia Basin
Salmon Townstretch
Target: Summer Steelhead
Confidence is reduced because fish counts, water temperature, recent angler reports were unavailable. The score reflects only the sources that reported in.
Angler briefing
generated · claude-haiku-4-5# Salmon Townstretch — Summer Steelhead Briefing **Verdict:** Excellent conditions (89/100) — this is a prime opportunity to fish this stretch today. The high score is driven primarily by ideal river flow at 1330cfs, well within the optimal 600–2200cfs band, plus favorable weather with light winds (1 km/h), minimal cloud cover (14%), and rising pressure. However, confidence is moderate at only 37% due to unavailable fish counts, water temperature data, and recent angler reports — you won't have a clear picture of how many steelhead are actively holding here or whether other anglers have just worked through the best lies.
What drove the score
Factor breakdown
River flow
1330cfs is in the ideal band (600–2200cfs).
view source ↗Weather & pressure
14% cloud, 1 km/h wind, rising pressure.
view source ↗Excluded — source unavailable
- Fish countsweight 30% · dropped
- Water temperatureweight 25% · dropped
- Recent angler reportsweight 8% · dropped
Catch report
Did you catch fish here?
No account, no personal data — just the catch outcome.
Fish-count feed
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Provenance
- inputs hash
- ac28cce3
- reproducible
- ✗ mismatch
- usgs gauge
- 13302500 ↗