Is there a risk they’d overlap enough in timeframe and spawning bed selection to compete with the existing chinook or sockeye?A large pink year usually means pinks being seen colonizing new waters.
It looks like there are lots of pinks being spotted in the streams in the Lake Washington/Sammamish basin. I’ve seen photos and heard about sightings of a school of 100 of them there. They are being seen in the same places Chinook and Sockeye are often spotted.
I’ll go look in the spots where I think they are holding to go see for myself tomorrow. Looks like we may see a day where Lake Washington pink salmon fishing is a thing!