Fishing Creek, Columbia County, 5/29/21

[duckfoot]

1700 - Orangeville (ish)
Air Temp: 54F
Water Temp: 57F
Water pH: 8.4
Water TDS: 90 ppm
Water Salinity: 0 ppt
Water Conductivity: 60 uS/cm^3
Bugs: none, but march browns and slate drakes have been present
Water Clarity: turbid
Water Depth: 2 feet to 8 feet (high)

Finally some rain and colder temps all day brought the creeks up. Very hard to fish down to where they are today (no risers at all), but very hungry fish. Managed a huge brownie on a heavy soft hackle and several other hits. Hard to hook up in the faster moving water.

 

[duckfoot]

pH meter might need calibrated. Take with a grain of salt until verified.

 

[duckfoot]

For what it's worth, it is an Oakton ECOtestr CTS model. I just ran my tap water with the following parameters:

TDS: 40 ppm
Conductivity: 50 uS/cm^3
Salinity: 0.00 ppt
Temp: 72.7F

The pH meter is an Oakton Testr pH30. Same tap water, roughly 2 min equilibriate:

7.02 @ 25.2C

Not sure what's up.

 

[Mike]

Is that well water or a treated public water supply? Is it in Benton?

 

[duckfoot]

Well water from a hillside, approximately 130 feet down.