Area	Lower Garcia / Estuary
Topic	Fish: 2002 Dive Salmonid Count Garcia (GAR_7) @ Bend Hole Ab Conner

 

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Divers count juvenile steelhead in the Bend Hole above upper Conner on the mainstem Garcia. The pool was eight feet deep with excellent cover both above and below the water and had the highest number of older age juvenile steelhead (2+ and 3+) of any pool surveyed. Pat Higgins at right with Jennifer Frisnell center and Libbly Earthman's feet visible at left as she counts fish in the riparian willow cover. Photo by Craig Bell.


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Pat Higgins moves to riparian overhang to help with age and size determinations with dozens of steelhead of different age classes schooling in the complex cover. Bend Hole above Conner Hole about one quarter mile below the North Fork Garcia.


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Pat Higgins moves to the front of the Bend Hole pool where overhanging vegetation also encroaches from the right bank, while Jennifer Frisnell observes fish in the riparian on the opposite bank. Photo by Craig Bell.


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Pat Higgins comes up for air at the top of the Bend Hole pool (GAR_7). Libby Earthman (left) and Jennifer Presnell (center) continue observations. Note complex cover willow and alder both above and below the water. Photo by Craig Bell.

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