Which salmon fisheries will we lose this year?

[snake]

Place your bets now! How many fisheries will we lose this year?  We took a real good kick *censored* last year, and don't forget about the license fee increase!

[hunthard]

It better be 0

[Mr Mykiss]

Springer prediction is 101,000 to Bonneville...could be bad.

[Stickerbush]

Pink salmon run might be out for mid Puget sound

[jmscon]

Pink salmon run might be out for mid Puget sound

? Area 9 and or 10?

[Stickerbush]

Not sure exactly but based on a conversation I had with someone in the know said horrible spawning conditions in the sky/Snohomish they are expecting low numbers in those areas. Assuming saltwater areas near those areas will be impacted

[follow maggie]

Probably anyone's guess. I have a bottom fishing trip out of seiku in may, not buying my license until the day before. At least the license fees didn't go up this year. I think they were getting a huge rash ion of crap and decided to leave them alone.

[bassquatch]

I am soooooo happy we didn't buy a Trophy when we had the chance 

This is only going to get worse and worse and worse 

[WAcoueshunter]

Here's some forecast data from NOAA based on ecosystem indicators.  This looks to be the worst year for returns in 20 years.  Conditions come and go, looks like we're going to pay for the El Nino from the last couple years.  Good for tuna, bad for salmon.  On the plus side, the cold ocean and good snow packs now should make for good survival that will result in better salmon returns a few years from now. 

https://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/research/divisions/fe/estuarine/oeip/g-forecast.cfm

[jstone]

When I was a kid we had a cabin up the Chiwawa. Lots a Salmon went up that river, was great fishing. One of my contractors has a cabin up there he said you cant fish and it is all screwed up.. Cause?

[Mr Mykiss]

re: NOAA there are margins of errors but check out last years spring and fall predictions, NAILED IT!!

[BigGoonTuna]

wish i could wait and see what the seasons are going to be before i get a new license for the year, but i do enjoy messing around on the lakes in the spring.

10 years ago you had a relatively good idea what most river seasons would be, now, you've got absolutely no idea until NOF is done with.  the difference is now tribes have so much money that they're chipping away at our seasons and trying to push us off the rivers in most places.  i do most of my fishing for kings on the lower nisqually these days, it went from open every day, to closed to boats monday-thursday, to closed to fishing monday-thursday, to fully open again but closing after august.

[Stein]

I'm not spending a dime on a fishing license until we have something for sure happening and then it will only be the minimum necessary for that fishery.

[Night goat]

.......all of them

[twolabs]

Better question is which ones will we keep. NOT many