Lake Washington Sockeye

[Rainier10]

Yeah, I bet they make a ton on parking tickets and probably boating tickets also for improper identification numbers and safety gear.

[CP]

What's to prevent people from catching sockeye in Area 10 outside of the entrance to Lake WA?  I got one out by San Juan two years ago.  The regs don't say you cannot do so.   

Perfectly legal, but not easy to do.

[Rainier10]

This run of 3-5000 fish days isn't going to get it open, we need some 10-15000 fish days.  Hopefully a big push is just around the corner.

[Rainier10]

Well this past week didn't help much, we needed another digit in each of the daily totals.

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

Ya don't look like there will be a fishery?

[huntnphool]

 Is this the year we finally get to fish the lake again? http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/lake-washinton-sockeye-counts-are-still-increasing-at-a-decent-rate/

[lokidog]

What's to prevent people from catching sockeye in Area 10 outside of the entrance to Lake WA?  I got one out by San Juan two years ago.  The regs don't say you cannot do so.   

Perfectly legal, but not easy to do.

We put 8 or ten into the boat last summer, including one over ten pounds, off of San Juan. These fish were probably heading for the Fraser though.

[WSU]

What's to prevent people from catching sockeye in Area 10 outside of the entrance to Lake WA?  I got one out by San Juan two years ago.  The regs don't say you cannot do so.   

Perfectly legal, but not easy to do.

We put 8 or ten into the boat last summer, including one over ten pounds, off of San Juan. These fish were probably heading for the Fraser though.

The Fraser gets millions.  I'm sure that helps.

[WAPatriot]

If it wasn't for the Indians netting the living piss out of these fish before we can get a count on them, we could have a fishery every year. How does the 50/50 thing work with this fishery Indians get to catch as much as they want literally nets in front of the fish latter.  White man hasn't be able to fish it in over a decade.

[WSU]

If it wasn't for the Indians netting the living piss out of these fish before we can get a count on them, we could have a fishery every year. How does the 50/50 thing work with this fishery Indians get to catch as much as they want literally nets in front of the fish latter.  White man hasn't be able to fish it in over a decade.

Situations like that and the Puyallup really beg the question: why are we, through our license fees, paying to release hatchery fish in locations where the only ones that catch them are the tribes?

[WAPatriot]

What's to prevent people from catching sockeye in Area 10 outside of the entrance to Lake WA?  I got one out by San Juan two years ago.  The regs don't say you cannot do so.   

Perfectly legal, but not easy to do.

We put 8 or ten into the boat last summer, including one over ten pounds, off of San Juan. These fish were probably heading for the Fraser though.

What's the ticket for getting them in the salt?

[WSU]

When I've done it it was small flasher and pretty short leader to a small pink squid. 

[WAcoueshunter]

Is this the year we finally get to fish the lake again? http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/lake-washinton-sockeye-counts-are-still-increasing-at-a-decent-rate/

Wouldn't that be nice, take some sting out of no coho fishing.  It's been a long time since we've been able to fish the lake.

[WAPatriot]

When I've done it it was small flasher and pretty short leader to a small pink squid.

What speed/depth is it similar to catching um in the lakes. Dodger and supper slow.

[WSU]

I haven't done it for Lake Wa sockeye.  I did it on the east side of Vancouver Island.  I suspect it's pretty different.  I imagine they stack up a lot around the mouth of the locks.  One other thing to try are the methods used by the upper Columbia guys.  Add shrimp, smile blades, etc.  Again, very slow troll up there too.