Coho run coming up short?

[the_chemist]

The amount of fish I saw rolling on the surface at possession made it look like a pink year. I would hope there are test fishers, sonar and underwater cameras helping us figure out if the fish we saw in September are still staging or if they’ve died in the salt. It is now the first week of November- the Wallace is at 1700ish fish down from over 7000 last year, the cascade is at 7000 down from 23000ish. At least on the green, the chum run is far smaller than I would expect it to be this time of the year too. Additionally most of the fish I’ve seen have been very dark making me wonder when the last time fresh fish came through was

There certainly are gillnets checking if the fish are still staging.

 

[Smalma]

There certainly are gillnets checking if the fish are still staging.

The Tulalips have not reported any coho catches in MA 8A since the last week of September and the catches before that time were below the average.

Curt