2023 Salmon Forecasts for Washington and Puget Sound

[@billmacaras4146]

Thanks for the informative update. The issue comes in when the "co-managers" use the Stillaguamish fish as a constraining stock for MA-11 fishery when the river is 80 to 100 miles away from Minter Creek hatchery. They are using natural genetic diversity as an excuse to limit fishing opportunity in the south sound. Now, in addition to the returning stock restricting fishing opportunity, there are now artificially applied encounter limits on sub legal size fish being applied, as well as other encounter limits.

[@PNWBestLife]

The problem with this is that the Dept has a lot of coded wire tags of Stilly fish in MA11 particularly in the June fishery, so everyone collectively knows the impact. I would say the most disturbing things I've come across since getting involved is that we clip the stilly conservation hatchery fish, simply so Canada will do CWT recovery for us and that those clipped fish mortalities count against us... Mortality on unclipped released fish is 15% vs clipped fish is 100% so...yeah lots more fishing could get done by changing that one factor.

[@privateidho]

Love your channel brother! Great information everytime!

[@PNWBestLife]

Thanks Dan!

[@cisco00079]

Are the pinks coming this year?

[@PNWBestLife]

Yes! Still no sign of em yet though!

[@cisco00079]

@@PNWBestLife they start in mid to late august in the bays puget sound then start hiting the river mouths by the start of september. But they dont let you fish till sep 15 or 18. But u can cach them in the puget sound.

[@PNWBestLife]

They will be caught later in July though around PS! I’ve caught them in MA5 early July

[@allergicToTrees]

Thanks for all the great information!

[@PNWBestLife]

You bet man, glad you found it helpful!

[@GER0E]

Thank you for helping me digest all this information!

[@PNWBestLife]

You got it! Glad it helped!

[@evangibala7118]

I was thinking about getting a shimano curado mgl 150 but i’m concerned that 150 yds of line isn’t enough. Thoughts? Do you need 200yds of line or could i get away with 150? Let me know please

[@PNWBestLife]

Where are you planning to fish? Fresh? Salt?

[@evangibala7118]

@@PNWBestLife I currently live in virginia so i mainly fish for smallmouth or largemouth bass but occasionally will fish for striper in salt water. Next summer i will be living in the west and looking for something that will be able to handle salmon/steelhead. With all of that being said, i’m looking for an all around reel that would be able to handle all species.

[@PNWBestLife]

I mean, 150 could be plenty for small -> medium sized rivers or shallower water from a boat. You would probably be fine in most freshwater situations with that

[@evangibala7118]

@@PNWBestLife I was thinking the same. I was reading how some bigger king salmons may peel 200+ yds of line and was slightly concerned that the 150 may be too small.

[@PNWBestLife]

While they can do that…it would take the right kind of water, like big water for that to be the case

[@Bait2plate]

Good video, good info... Thank man!

[@PNWBestLife]

Thanks man! Hope to see you out there in 10!

[@dirttdude]

back when i was a tadpole my folks had a house right on bear creek, i used to watch the kings fight, you'd occasionally see steelhead, they were like half torpedo half sea monster to a 5 year old. nothing lives in that creek now. As far as i know there are no more steelhead, coho, chinook, chum or pink salmon in Lake Washington tributaries. Native Cedar River sockeye were doing well when i checked last. The lake washington sockeye fry are flourishing now that all their natural predators are extinct

[@PNWBestLife]

So what you're saying is Lake WA sockeye have some potential in the future? Cause that would be dope!

[@dirttdude]

@@PNWBestLife Doubt it, the seasons in 1996, 2000, 02, 04, and 06, I had marvelous sockeye fishing experiences. I guess since 2006 there hasn't been any Lake Washington sockeye openings. You can get them in shilshole bay with a flasher and a bare red hook but coho has a much more desirable table quality.

[@PNWBestLife]

Maybe someday! Yeah, gotta love the taste of those coho.

[@zyadb8911]

i saw sockeye in a trib behind my house on lake wa so i wouldn’t say every creek😂

[@tamalpias]

i am glad you guys have salmon to fish, our entire season in california is closed.

[@PNWBestLife]

Yeah, that’s tough man, but we totally get what that’s like when one trouble spot closes things down. Plan a trip up here!

[@tamalpias]

@@PNWBestLife you know the only thing with global warmer ocean waters is the tuna is now up to Monterey Bay Area so we can target other types of fish. But tuna gear is so expensive! 😂

[@PNWBestLife]

Haha so true! We got some weird species off our coast with the warmer water as well!

[@masamunesword]

822k pink in the Green! That'll be a lot of fun.

[@PNWBestLife]

Dude, I’m trying to imagine…gonna be able to to walk across the river on Pinks

[@ArcherBowman]

No doubt! Time to get some new anglers out there - kids, friends, neighbors, co-workers...

[@gjbingham]

Great Vid. Thanks!

[@PNWBestLife]

You bet!