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I don't know that I've seen this covered here. See: https://wdfw.wa.gov/sites/default/files/about/regulations/petitions/petition-wild-steelhead-83123.pdf If granted it seems to me this has the potential severely curtail fishing, particularly in the Puget Sound region. The petition will be...

Salmon fishing has been open on Lake Washington north of 520 with a 4 coho limit since 9/16. One option would be to just include pinks in that fishery.

The kokanee fishery on Lake Washington was very good this year. I wonder if there is any connection between that and the hatchery.

Thank you for the clarification on the Elliot Bay net pen. It seemed to me they could be included in either group and I wasn't clear on which. Like everything, it is a matter of degree. If the early coho fishery continues to limit fall opportunity it might be something to look at going...

The locks coho counts are very encouraging. So are the locks chinook counts: 23,261 as of 9/19! The co-manager preseason forecast for Lake WA was 6,301 chinook. I believe this is now the second year in a row of severely under-forecasting. I agree that in season updates are needed...

The herring head hatch was active this morning.

Caught a lot of summer steelhead after eating fried chicken. We used to throw the bones in the run we were fishing and then fish through again. I can recall multiple trips where a formerly fishless run produced after getting the chicken treatment.

Nice report. I lived in NJ for a few years and agree both of those species are fun to catch. I think every shad I caught jumped.

Good tip on the left overs in borax. How do they compare to brined? Do they lose much quality?

Bringing this one back up. Where are the reports?

You could see the king closure coming when the first quota drop showed 30% of subs taken in the first 3 days. On one hand I understand the reasoning for the change on coho. Selfishly, I hope these changes thin out pressure a bit as some won't consider it "worth it". On the other hand, changes...

Thank you. My prior post was not clear, but I was not referring to mortality estimates. I was getting at how lost fish are accounted (or if they are accounted?) for in encounter estimates. In my mind the two are separate, but related, concepts.

Smalma; Thank you for posting that. I have read it before and encourage all to read it, particularly the simplified sample on page 3. IMO it does a good job of explaining the process. One thing that I haven't seen, or perhaps overlooked, is how "unknown" salmon/fish; i.e. salmon/fish that...

Are you talking about side scan or the newer "live" scan that has come out in the last few years and shows real time activity as opposed to the historical information most sonar provides? I will use side scan when searching for bait and it has been very effective at this. It will pick up bait...

The permitting situation has been an issue since the last management plan expired after 2014 I believe, or somewhere around then. The co-managers submitted a new 10 year management plan in February 2022 which last I heard is still under review by NMFS. If approved my understanding is this...

I've read this story before, but it's still a fun read. I too have wondered what kind of trout were being described and agree cutthroat is most likely. There are some discrepancies in the story regarding size of the fish. At first the 96 trout caught are described as averaging 2 to 5 pounds...

There used to be resident pinks in the South Sound. It seems like they disappeared over the years but I recall seeing reports of a few last cycle (2021). I agree that it looks like a pink.

I find WDFW's explanation for Snohomish Chinook to be confusing, specifically this line regarding Canadian fisheries: "Another reason for the limited impacts available on wild Snohomish Chinook is that it is anticipated Canadian-directed fisheries will have a higher catch level of...

Wow. Concerns for impact on the longfin smelt and kokanee (and maybe less glamorous residents like peamouth). Maybe good or bad for the cutthroat?

No idea. I would guess Sammamish River.