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KRIS Gualala : Picture Page

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Topic Tour: Sport fishing in the Gualala River and Lower River Shots
 

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Sport catch December 1972 including coho salmon female in the hands of angler at left, and steelhead of different sizes in the hands of angler on right. Photo by Rich McGowan.


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Two happy anglers with Gualala River steelhead. Fin-clips indicated that these fish were reared by the Gualala River Steelhead Project. Photo courtesy of Rich McGowan.


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This is the first steelhead caught on the Gualala River in 1985 in December. Photo by Craig Bell.


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Earl Warren, Governor of California and Supreme Court Justice, with a pair of steelhead in front of the Gualala Hotel, circa 1950. Photo courtesy of the Gualala Hotel and the California Coastal Conservancy and their magazine Coast and Oceans.


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Lower Gualala River in April 2002, looking upstream below the North Fork. Photo courtesy of Pat Higgins.


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Photo near same locations as Picture 5 but taken at a different angle to show the relative width of wetted channel and dry gravel bar, indicative of aggradation. Photo courtesy of Pat Higgins. April 10, 2002.


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Large wood jam provides excellent cover during spring for downstream migrating steelhead smolts. Photo courtesy of Pat Higgins. April 10, 2002.


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This photo was taken look downstream from just below the mouth of the North Fork Gualala. Note the large terrace at left, which gives some indication of recent bedload transport during high flows on the lower mainstem Gualala River. Photo courtesy of Pat Higgins. April 10, 2002.




 
 
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