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[canoeboy]

88 thousand! Jesus there goes half the fraser run! :p

[fic]

Have to go back to 2013 to see 88 thousand caught in area 12 and in late August not this early.  Area 20 never hit more than 18 thousand in 2013 which was an exceptionally good year.  May be they got chased into the nets by a bunch of seals or whales 

[wildmanyeah]

will be interesting to see what pans out for the fraser given that the out migration count was the lowest on record.


Pink In-season Update
August 10, 2023
Current Trends
• No other years in the historical data set (back to 1991) show early abundances as high as currently observed
• Initial abundances were highest in Area 20, but recent days have seen a large increase in Area 12

[RalphH]

what the Aug 11th panel report says:

Fraser River Pink Salmon
While substantial pink salmon have been caught in marine test fisheries, it is still very early in terms of the
assessment of Fraser River pink salmon given that they currently make up a small portion of the catches, ...the most recent sample from Area 20 indicating 18% Fraser pink. Only 10 pink salmon have been caught in the in-river test fisheries. To date, 9,100 pink salmon have been observed
migrating past Mission.

[fic]

The onslaught of Pinks continue. Area 20 is making new record highs too.

The Predicted Fraser Pink for August 12th.

In Area 20 is 41%, and Area 12 is 32%

Looks like we will blow past the pre-season estimate for Fraser Pinks

FisheryName   TripDate   VesselCount   SetCount   Effort   SockeyeAdultCaught   SockeyeJackCaught   PinkCaught

Area 12 - Blinkhorn Sockeye Seine   8/6/2023   1   6   6   683   0   12365
Area 12 - Blinkhorn Sockeye Seine   8/7/2023   1   6   6   663   0   25449
Area 12 - Blinkhorn Sockeye Seine   8/8/2023   1   2   2   93   0   4322
Area 12 - Blinkhorn Sockeye Seine   8/9/2023   1   6   6   5923   0   88365
Area 12 - Blinkhorn Sockeye Seine   8/10/2023   1   6   6   1645   0   51493
Area 12 - Blinkhorn Sockeye Seine   8/11/2023   1   6   6   4017   0   61846

Area 20 - San Juan Sockeye Seine   8/6/2023   1   6   6   387   0   20036
Area 20 - San Juan Sockeye Seine   8/7/2023   1   6   6   492   1   22255
Area 20 - San Juan Sockeye Seine   8/8/2023   1   6   6   188   2   12043
Area 20 - San Juan Sockeye Seine   8/9/2023   1   3   3   85   0   2709
Area 20 - San Juan Sockeye Seine   8/10/2023   1   3   3   72   0   6080
Area 20 - San Juan Sockeye Seine   8/11/2023   1   6   6   1294   0   32260

[wildmanyeah]

Went out to west van today on the boat bon stop pinks, took 4 home to can, very bright pinks.  Non stop jumpers one pinged off the bow

[canoeboy]

Was out off of south bowen today myself and put myself and 2 friends 1 short of the limit within the hour. Fish were everywhere, super bright and feisty. Lost 1 spring early in the day then retained our last fish each around 2pm and headed home. Mother nature may surprise us all this year fingers crossed.

[fic]

Wow!


FisheryName   TripDate              VesselCount   SetCount   Effort   SockeyeAdultCaught   SockeyeJackCaught   Pink Caught

Area 20 - San Juan Sockeye Seine   8/12/2023   1      6              6                 2000                              0           52160
Area 12 - Blinkhorn Sockeye Seine   8/12/2023   1      6              6                 9032                              0           92413   

[wildmanyeah]

Yeah 9 thousand sockeye is really good catch to, anything above 1 thousand a set is good

The Fraser sockeye are also comming off one of the worst brood ever in 2019. Also considering much of the summer rub component was impacted by the slide.

Looking like ocean survival was off the charts

[sockeyed]

Area 12 and Area 20 Seines are set to surpass 2013 numbers!

2021 was the first year the fish farms were removed from the migratory paths.

[wildmanyeah]

My moneys on, considering Russia seen such large number of pink returns they flooded the market and forced the alaska fleet to stay at home this year. Also skeena and nass commercials fisheries this year have also been cut short from lack of buyers.

“This particular La Niña, which started in September 2020 but is considered three years old because it affected three different winters, was unusual and one of the longest on record. It took a brief break in 2021 but came roaring back with record intensity.”

[Darko]

from your enthusiasms it sounds like I should be expected a 2 pink per day limit on the Squamish and the tributaries opened to C&R 

[Steelhawk]

Hope FC will pick up. Last Saturday morning there were only a few fish taken among 30+ fishermen. If fishing around West Van and south Bowen is hot for pinks, FC should get some of these fish going up that way, hopefully. 

[Kever]

Really eh, I heard FC was fishing pretty well on Saturday, guess not. 

I was swinging on Mamquam bar again and it was even more quiet than last weekend, but there were plenty of anglers trying.  Still nice to get out, I hooked one during my 4h trip.  Perhaps I'll try again next weekend, I still have faith that they will show up in big numbers!

[wildmanyeah]

Hole in the wall was loaded with pinks over the weekend, guys fishing from boats were doing well on sunday.

Squamish and the indian arm i believe will see a decent return.