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[wildmanyeah]

Tons of boats fishing off north arm over to Bowen. Are pinks actually open for retention out there ?

yes

[RalphH]

Could be, and I will not mention the other systems it could be from. All I know for sure is the first steelhead has shown up in the test fishery nets.

FWIW there is only one other stream with native summer runs other than the IFS stock. It's not unusual to see steelhead in the test fisheries or the FN communal reports in June and July.  AFAIK The IFS window officially begins Sept 15th. Hopefully the Whonnock and Cottomwood fisheries will end before that though I doubt the Albion fishery will stop.

[fic]

It looks like it to me based on the Test Fishing this year compared to 2019, that we should have more than 9 Million Fraser Pinks.  I don't know if they'll admit that it'll be 9+ Million fish until 9 Million of them swim past Mission.

[psd1179]

It looks like it to me based on the Test Fishing this year compared to 2019, that we should have more than 9 Million Fraser Pinks.  I don't know if they'll admit that it'll be 9+ Million fish until 9 Million of them swim past Mission.

Which test fishing are your referring？

[wildmanyeah]

It looks like it to me based on the Test Fishing this year compared to 2019, that we should have more than 9 Million Fraser Pinks.  I don't know if they'll admit that it'll be 9+ Million fish until 9 Million of them swim past Mission.

150k pinks past mission yesterday, i dont think its gonna be 9 million but i think its gonna land somewhere between 5-8 million.

[wildmanyeah]

Which test fishing are your referring？

https://psc1.shinyapps.io/PSC_In_Season_Fraser/

[fic]

This Graph is looking pretty good so far compared to previous cycles.  2013 was a record year in pinks.

[essyoo]

Fished Furry Creek this morning for my first time. Not a fish to be seen or had by anyone there between first light and 9:30am

Was out walking the dogs near Derby Reach a couple nights ago and a LOT of fish rising there in the ten minutes I was watching.

[RalphH]

if you look at the cumulative totals 2015 through to this year are all basically the same. 2021 so far is on par with 2015 and slightly better than the other years but it's not a big difference. It's the fish that enter from the first 10 to 12 days of Sept that makes the difference in the curves

[CohoJake]

I really am bummed out that the border is still closed for you guys in BC- we appear to be having an epic return of pinks to the Skagit river this year. I really hope you guys get an opening (and a bountiful return) somewhere in the LML.

[redside1]

FWIW there is only one other stream with native summer runs other than the IFS stock. It's not unusual to see steelhead in the test fisheries or the FN communal reports in June and July.  AFAIK The IFS window officially begins Sept 15th. Hopefully the Whonnock and Cottomwood fisheries will end before that though I doubt the Albion fishery will stop.

if one digs way back into the commercial catch record, the largest catch of steelhead reported by the commercial fleet in the Fraser was in the month of August. Records from before the 1960's show this.

[wildmanyeah]

I really am bummed out that the border is still closed for you guys in BC- we appear to be having an epic return of pinks to the Skagit river this year. I really hope you guys get an opening (and a bountiful return) somewhere in the LML.

There lots of pinks around, to much politics here now with fish

Just like how your ocean pink fishery is closed but ours is open  for rec fishing

[RalphH]

https://www.psc.org/publications/fraser-panel-in-season-information/fraser-river-panel-regulatory-announcements/

The Panel adopted run sizes of 1,350,000 for Summer-run sockeye, with an associated Area 20 timing of August 12, and 4,800,000 for pink
salmon, with an associated Area 20 timing of August 17, at today’s meeting.

[RalphH]

if one digs way back into the commercial catch record, the largest catch of steelhead reported by the commercial fleet in the Fraser was in the month of August. Records from before the 1960's show this.

how about this which  corresponds closely to the IFS window which is Sept 15 into November.

https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/acat/documents/r18317/Smith1955_1276104681962_4ed861c81acd4dfbe8d26b70385dd29227921f0e891532dad067913e2c89096e.pdf

I have circulated this before.

[wildmanyeah]

Americans hitting the Fraser pinks good

UNITED STATES FRASER RIVER PANEL AREA WATERS:
TREATY INDIAN FISHERY:
Areas 4b, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift gillnet fishing from 12 p.m. (noon), Saturday, August 28, 2021, through 12 p.m. (noon), Wednesday, September 1, 2021. Sockeye non-retention, all efforts must be made to release sockeye alive.
Areas 6, 7, and 7A in the area southerly and easterly of a straight line drawn from Iwersen’s dock on Point Roberts in the State of Washington to the Georgina Point Light at the entrance to Active Pass in the Province of British Columbia: Open for net fishing from 5 a.m., Sunday, August 29, 2021, through 9 a.m., Monday, August 30, 2021. Sockeye non-retention, all efforts must be made to release sockeye alive.
ALL CITIZEN FISHERY:
Areas 7 and 7A, excluding apex: Open to purse seine fishing, with non-retention of sockeye, from 5 a.m.
to 9 p.m., Friday, August 27, 2021.
Areas 7 and 7A, excluding apex: Open to drift gillnet fishing, with non-retention of sockeye, from 8 a.m. to 11:59 p.m., Friday, August 27, 2021.
Areas 7 and 7A in the area southerly and easterly of a straight line drawn from Iwersen’s dock on Point Roberts in the State of Washington to the Georgina Point Light at the entrance to Active Pass in the Province of British Columbia: Open to purse seine fishing, with non-retention of sockeye, from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, August 31, 2021.
Areas 7 and 7A in the area southerly and easterly of a straight line drawn from Iwersen’s dock on Point Roberts in the State of Washington to the Georgina Point Light at the entrance to Active Pass in the Province of British Columbia: Open to drift gillnet fishing, with non-retention of sockeye, from 8 a.m. to 11:59 p.m., Tuesday, August 31, 2021.
Area 7: Open to reef net fishing, with non-retention of sockeye, from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, August 31, 2021.
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