Fish and Wildlife have posted the following announcement regarding Sockeye fishing. Early morning quiet will return to the lake on Wed Morning as the Sockey Fishing season ends one hour after sunset on Tuesday. It was fun, while it lasted…
Last sockeye of 2009, Monday morning, caught on the good ship Glastron,
apologies for the errant finger…
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Sockeye for 2010??
Here is a link to an article in the Seattle Times about sockeye on the Columbia.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/reeltimenorthwest/2012171952_columbia_river_sockeye_returni.html
The article leaves the impression that there will NOT be a sockeye season on Lake Wenatchee based on the preseason smolt forecast. However, based on the run to date over Bonneville dam, we SHOULD have a season. Here are my calculations: As of Sunday 6/20 the sockeye over Bonneville was 2.63 times the 10 year average. The 10 year average is about 98,000 making the run as large as 258,000. With about 15% of the run turning left into the Wenatchee, the sockeye run should be well above 30,000 returning to our lake; more than enough to have a season. However, it is very early in the season to draw too many conclusions from the limited data and the YTD number is heavily influenced by the Sunday run over Bonneville which was near a record. Yet it is a hopeful sign.
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