What a difference a couple of weeks makes on the foothill lakes. Temperatures on Lake Oroville have risen 10 degrees. These are surface temps not necessarily deeper readings. The outflow
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Our central valley runs of salmon and steelhead are cyclical in nature. We get good years like the last couple for steelhead on the Lower Yuba and we get poor years such as the recent salmon runs. Despite the up and down nature of the returns the overall trend is down. There are a lot of factors that affect the fish returns such as winter precipitation, water diversions, predation of the migrating juveniles, ocean temperatures and food chain … some of these factors we can affect and some we can’t.
Project location beyond angler Bill McCrea, 2019. Bill is fishing 100 yards below DaGuerre Dam.
January is a tough month to get motivated to leave a nice warm house. I find myself caught up in the inside digital world and forget about the “real world” that continues outdoors. Maybe fishing…
Louis William McCrea died peacefully on Dec. 3, 2020 at the age of 90 in Belgrade.
Louis was born Nov. 24, 1930, in Sheridan, Mont., to Frank McCrea and Lola (Hedges) McCrea. He graduated from Manhattan High School. He was a shooting sports champion and loved to quick draw. In his early adult years, he enjoyed ranching, hunting, and fishing. He went on to building houses and then sales.
He met his wife Mary Jo (Priest) and married on Oct. 12, 1952. Together they built their business Trader Macs, which they ran until 2020. Most everybody in the valley knew âTrader Mac.â
Louis was proceeded in death by his wife Mary Jo McCrea; his son Bill McCrea; and his parents Frank and Lola McCrea.