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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: hunthard on June 17, 2019, 05:12:34 PM

Title: Brewster Sockeye
Post by: hunthard on June 17, 2019, 05:12:34 PM: I tried to find so info about how many Sockeye they are expecting this year, anyone have any news to share, thanks.
Title: Re: Brewster Sockeye
Post by: tmike on June 17, 2019, 05:35:11 PM: I don’t know the prediction but my daughter counts fish at Rocky Reach and said they are just starting to see a few.
Title: Re: Brewster Sockeye
Post by: hunthard on June 17, 2019, 05:38:07 PM: Thanks Tmike, keep us posted please.
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Post by: Kc_Kracker on June 17, 2019, 06:07:54 PM: I'm literally pacing for this :o
Title: Re: Brewster Sockeye
Post by: 6haase6 on June 17, 2019, 06:12:49 PM: Counts for each dam. http://www.fpc.org/currentdaily/HistFishTwo_7day-ytd_Adults.htm
Title: Re: Brewster Sockeye
Post by: huntnnw on June 17, 2019, 06:43:45 PM: Not expected to open and if I remember right the preseason forecast was 190k at bonneville
Title: Re: Brewster Sockeye
Post by: hunthard on June 17, 2019, 07:22:05 PM: NOOO, fished it last year and had a blast.
Title: Re: Brewster Sockeye
Post by: jmscon on June 17, 2019, 08:36:25 PM: According to the north of falcon prediction 74.5k
https://wdfw.wa.gov/sites/default/files/fishing/north-of-falcon/2019/2019_chum_pink_sockeye_forecasts.pdf

Also on that page, a little over 15k into Lake Washington. There needs to be 350k to open.
Title: Re: Brewster Sockeye
Post by: huntnnw on June 17, 2019, 09:15:38 PM: one good thing about sockeye is its hard to get a accurate preseason estimate example was last year way more fish showed up than predicted
Title: Re: Brewster Sockeye
Post by: curtdiesel on June 19, 2019, 10:01:00 AM: I am hoping to fish Brewster for Sockeye and or Chinook again this year in July. It has become an annual event and the years that they allow us to keep several sockeye are a ton of fun.
Title: Re: Brewster Sockeye
Post by: fishnate on June 19, 2019, 10:20:09 AM: its not looking good.
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Post by: Stein on June 19, 2019, 10:32:32 AM: Ouch. :yike:
Title: Re: Brewster Sockeye
Post by: Fishmaker57 on June 19, 2019, 12:15:25 PM: The Columbia River TAC pre-season forecast calls for 74,500 Sockeye to the Okanogan, and only 35,900 Upper Columbia Summer Chinook. Based on these forecasts, both Sockeye and Summer Chinook will be most likely be closed for the entire Columbia. The Summer Chinook decision has already been made, despite what the current regulations say. Expect and E reg to show up any day now. I believe the escapement needed for the Okanogan is around 45,000, so we might have a chance at a short, limited season. All that being said, once the Summer Chinook get above the Snake, and the counts and composition (hatchery% vs wild %) are known, we could see a bubble fishery above Rocky Reach Dam. There are 4 large hatchery Summer Chinook programs above RR Dam, and there should be an effort to remove some of the excess hatchery fish. Much depends on how many Summer Chinook make it through the zone 6 treaty net fishery. My guess would be that if they allow a Summer Chinook and / or a Sockeye fishery, it would be later in July.

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Title: Re: Brewster Sockeye
Post by: Bigshooter on June 19, 2019, 12:51:36 PM: http://www.fpc.org/currentdaily/HistFishTwo_7day-ytd_Adults.htm