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forecast of 2,925,681 pink salmon I bet that we get at least 2,925,682.
431 chinook, guess they have to save them for the orcas because they don’t eat pinks or coho!
I bet when the pinks start showing up in force they will allow 2 pinks in addition to your daily limit.
I tend to be conservative on harvest of our Salmon runs but, I am not worried about Pinks.I do enjoy your YouTube channel PNWbestlife.
I believe the reason for no bonus pink limit in the salt is because several rivers are expected to still have poor returns in 2021 that need to rebuild. I wrote an article a month and a half or so ago where I included all the salmon forecast shared by WDFW back in Feb: https://pnwbestlife.com/puget-sound-salmon-forecasts-2021/If you scroll down to the section on pinks, it shows the map WDFW shared. I believe the two rivers expected to struggle are the Snohomish and Nisqually.Many of our seasons end up getting set by the most constrained rivers that the fishing in the salt could impact...Sucks to suck, but it does make some sense assuming the data is accurate (big assumption).
Quote from: pnwbestlife on April 17, 2021, 04:44:26 PMI believe the reason for no bonus pink limit in the salt is because several rivers are expected to still have poor returns in 2021 that need to rebuild. I wrote an article a month and a half or so ago where I included all the salmon forecast shared by WDFW back in Feb: https://pnwbestlife.com/puget-sound-salmon-forecasts-2021/If you scroll down to the section on pinks, it shows the map WDFW shared. I believe the two rivers expected to struggle are the Snohomish and Nisqually.Many of our seasons end up getting set by the most constrained rivers that the fishing in the salt could impact...Sucks to suck, but it does make some sense assuming the data is accurate (big assumption).It makes sense until you come to the realization that until every species in every stream in every watershed in the entire Puget Sound recovers to some unknown amount there will be a reason to clamp down on the seasons. In other words, it will never happen. It's like the dogs chasing the rabbits around the track, we will never catch the prize.