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Skykomish River · Washington

Gold Bar Run

Target: Winter Steelhead

model v1.0.0 · Heuristic Baseline
freshly scored · 6/30/2026, 7:27:22 PM
91/100
Excellent
Confidence62% · Moderate confidence

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

Gold Bar Run is scoring excellently at 91/100 for winter steelhead right now, driven by a strong fish count up 41% from baseline (350 vs 248), ideal river flow at 1300 cfs, and perfect water temperature at 12.2°C—all three major factors performing in their sweet spots. Weather conditions are also favorable with full cloud cover and light wind. However, confidence sits at 62% rather than higher because recent angler reports are unavailable, so you're missing real-time intel on how fish are actually responding and what techniques are working on the water today.

What drove the score

Factor breakdown

Fish counts

+28pts

Recent count 350 vs 248 baseline (+41%, rising).

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River flow

+27pts

1300cfs is in the ideal band (600–2200cfs).

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Water temperature

+27pts

12.2°C is in the ideal band (8–16°C).

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Weather & pressure

+9pts

100% cloud, 7 km/h wind, stable pressure.

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Excluded — source unavailable

  • Recent angler reportsweight 8% · dropped

Catch report

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Fish-count feed

last 6 readings
5/23/2026now · 350 counted

Same inputs · every model version

v1.0.0active
Heuristic Baseline
91
62% conf
v1.1.0candidate
Thermal-Weighted Candidate
90
68% conf
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Provenance

inputs hash
a7625107
reproducible
✗ mismatch
usgs gauge
12134500