Comments on: Sockeye Season Closing Tue Aug 11th http://www.lakewenatcheeinfo.com/2009/sockeye-season-closing-tue-aug-11th/ News, Photos, Information about Lake Wenatchee, Plain and Fish Lake in Washington State Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:37:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: joelcarlson http://www.lakewenatcheeinfo.com/2009/sockeye-season-closing-tue-aug-11th/comment-page-1/#comment-566 joelcarlson Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:41:36 +0000 http://www.lakewenatcheeinfo.com/?p=1247#comment-566 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. 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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