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First steelhead lead 2011 run over Lower Granite Dam

Steelhead counts, current and historic, over Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River as of June 5, 2011.
Steelhead counts, current and historic, over Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River as of June 5, 2011.

FISHING -- On June 5, two steelhead that had run up the Columbia River and into the Snake made their way up and over Lower Granite Dam. They are the harbingers of  a good steelhead season that anglers will start targeting this summer.

The steelhead run is beginning to spike over Bonneville Dam, about two weeks later than last year.

Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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