West coast salmon recovery

[Laszlo Cravensworth]

that is ridiculously better than any other dam removal I can think so. Neither the Elwah nor White Salmon were anywhere near that so quickly.

I haven't watched the video, so it may be addressed there, but if I don't respond now I'll forget.

The former Iron Gate dam had a hatchery facility there. I wonder if that is contributing?

And while the Klamath fish numbers have absolutely been declining, it was still supporting some decent runs. I think it was 2012 that my uncle and I had a 50 steelhead day.

 

[Hydrophilic]

I think it was 2012 that my uncle and I had a 50 steelhead day.

Pics or it didn’t happen

 

[Laszlo Cravensworth]

Pics or it didn’t happen

Best I got. I didn't get a smart phone like the cool kids until 2014.

Dragging this from the Fbook archives tells me it was 2011 though.

I don't remember if it was 2022 or 2023 he had a week where he landed 20 of these, plus or minus a few inches.

 

[longrunner]

Proverbial death by a thousand cuts.

 

[SAJ-99]

Proverbial death by a thousand cuts.

One bandaid at a time.

 

[atlas]

I haven't watched the video, so it may be addressed there, but if I don't respond now I'll forget.

The former Iron Gate dam had a hatchery facility there. I wonder if that is contributing?

And while the Klamath fish numbers have absolutely been declining, it was still supporting some decent runs. I think it was 2012 that my uncle and I had a 50 steelhead day.

Would that be adult steelhead or the half-pounders?

 

[Laszlo Cravensworth]

Would that be adult steelhead or the half-pounders?

Few half pounders. Many 1-2 pounders. If I recall correctly the one in the photo was like 3.5 or 3.75 lbs and was the biggest of the day for us.

But I've never known the middle Klamath to produce fish much bigger than that. Likely more accurately, I don't know how to catch them.

 

[atlas]

Few half pounders. Many 1-2 pounders. If I recall correctly the one in the photo was like 3.5 or 3.75 lbs and was the biggest of the day for us.

But I've never known the middle Klamath to produce fish much bigger than that. Likely more accurately, I don't know how to catch them.

Yeah that one in the photo is a nice one. The half pounder phenomena is a pretty interesting life history

 

[atlas]

Study blames Alaska pink salmon for Idaho Chinook losses

Another interesting article. Makes you wonder how the impact of trawling and overabundance of pink salmon competing with other species compares to the snake river dams

 

[Goodfish]

Pay close attention if you were planning to fish kings in Alaska this year. Bunch of emergency closures just hit due to lack-o-fish.

Emergency Orders & Press Releases - Sport Fish - ADF&G

Sport Fish Emergency Orders and Press Releases, Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game

www.adfg.alaska.gov

 

[Salmonchaser]

Pay close attention if you were planning to fish kings in Alaska this year. Bunch of emergency closures just hit due to lack-o-fish.

Emergency Orders & Press Releases - Sport Fish - ADF&G

Sport Fish Emergency Orders and Press Releases, Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game

www.adfg.alaska.gov

Yep, never thought 20; 30;40 even back 60 years it would ever get this bad. A rough look at The E/Os looks like everything on the road system from the Susitna down the Kenai Peninsula will be closed for kings. The orders I looked at even closed C&R fishing.

 

[R.K.]

Yet draggers/trawlers still get to kill kings with impunity. Yep- that seems right.

 

[atlas]

https://nwsportsmanmag.com/new-pape...getropolis-pink-and-chinook-salmon-abundance/

Interesting article on pink salmon impacts on a more local level for spawning adults and fry

 

[Salmonchaser]

Go slay some humpies

 

[atlas]

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2...GW4O9cr9xfG5AF1kow_aem_WOj-Stsy5VH4NEFSXC-Y3w

Hurting the steelies too

 

[Goodfish]

Pinks give me the creeps. They have a really high amount of enzymes in them and they turn to goo if they are not processed quickly. When I was buying fish we would get boats delivering that had held pinks too long and they would be like jello oozing out of the brailler bags. They are best used as river fertilizer in my mind. When I have eaten them fresh, usually caught in salt water , I’d gut them immediately and they weren’t too bad. To me they taste like a trout and don’t hold a candle to the rest of the salmon. But opportunity is opportunity when that’s all there is! Gut ‘em quick!

 

[Irrelevant]

Pinks give me the creeps. They have a really high amount of enzymes in them and they turn to goo if they are not processed quickly. When I was buying fish we would get boats delivering that had held pinks too long and they would be like jello oozing out of the brailler bags. They are best used as river fertilizer in my mind. When I have eaten them fresh, usually caught in salt water , I’d gut them immediately and they weren’t too bad. To me they taste like a trout and don’t hold a candle to the rest of the salmon. But opportunity is opportunity when that’s all there is! Gut ‘em quick!

That was my take too, like a giant rainbow trout

 

[Salmonchaser]

That was my take too, like a giant rainbow trout

Stinky pinks, I wouldn't put them in my net when I was guiding up in Alaska