04-09-2009, 05:42 PM
The Washington Fish and Wildlife has just come out with their predictions for salmon runs this summer. They are predicting well over 5 million pink salmon heading up the Straits of Juan de Fuca this summer, 2 million more than in 2007 (they only run on odd years). If you fished 2007 like we did--out of Sekiu--you know how remarkable the fishing was. We typically couldn't get all our poles out before we had a pink (humpie) on. The last few years you could head out at dawn and have a limit of 4 each coho and/or pinks and be back on the docks cleaning them by 8:00. The F and W also called this year's coho run "amazing". Kings are also going to be numerous. The ocean conditions were near perfect. This also means big fish. Better make your reservations quick! Mike
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