March 27th - The Wynoochee River

-The weather here in West Port has turned for the worse, we are expecting gale winds (40+knots) today so we will be diverting from the estuary and going up the Wynoochee river.  The sites we sampled are the Chehalis restoration, sand island east and the Wynoochee delta.  Sampling within a river is much easier compared to the estuary, the river is slow moving, the wind is reduced and the net is much smaller. I made the mistake today of not committing to the jump with both feet while getting out of the boat and I tried stepping down, missed the bottom and ended up soaking my left side down into my waders as the water was a little deeper then I had thought.  So lesson learned, always make sure you commit with both feet when getting out of the boat.