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Summer chum on the sky? What am I missing?

Anyone have cliffnotes for those of us that had to work?

Done and death to ditch pickles (in Washington).

Ya I think the coho run was substantially smaller than the last few years. Coho on the snoho were done by December. 2024 I was finding them into late december. A decade ago, i cought them semi regularly well into february.

Anyone know why the chinook yearling forecast dropped off a cliff for the snohomish system? Floods or drought? Something else?

The wdfw sure doesnt seem to think the SF fish are north fork origin... https://wdfw.wa.gov/sites/default/files/hgmp-esa-documents/ESA%20Requirements/Snohomish%20River/Skykomish%20River%20USFWS%20Summer%20Steelhead%20Biological%20Opinion.pdf And the only paper on the matter concludes they are...

I mean they are still there. They are using skamania summers from the south fork that successfully spawned above the falls for part of their spawning pool (other part are good old reiter returning skamania fish). Has taken a couple years to get the smolt plants back to about 100k which is the...

And here i thought your profile pic was a selfie.

With that logic, there should be no bow or muzzleloader seasons either. Selective seasons/areas are a way to manage a shared resource. Handicapping people who want to use the resource helps limit impacts. Its that simple.

That hill may be an island temporarily.

Lower spawning humpkins are actually an introduced strain from bc and cut white. Nice to see they are making good use of the pilchuck.

Evacuation orders on the snohomish

So I don't gear fish a ton these days but im still using an old loomis GL2 baitcaster and a couple of fenniglas spinning rods. I found upgrading the reel on my baitcaster made the biggest difference for me (a 90s Shimano curado to a 2020s curado). I feel like fishing reels wear out...

Checking off a ling on the fly was definitely memorable. Exploring some systems i hadn't fished in 20 years was also memorable.

Good to know. Ive wrapped my fingers with generic medical tape in the past and I could feel the sticky on my line for weeks after a day of use.

Reusable sleeves are great. Tape, bandaid ect leave residue on your line after a days work which is not great.