Coho and Chinnook forcasts

CATCH AND EAT · 02-14-2002, 06:56 AM

A litttle bit of a let down in the news about the coho predictions for this summer. Hope they are wrong. Good news on the Chinnook numbers.

Looks like the target in the ocean will be the nooks for sure. Shorter season possibly all around this year? Still looking forward to having fun out there. Just can't wait.

Ramstrong · 02-14-2002, 08:43 AM

Bernie,

Where are you getting your run estimates from? I looked at both ODFW and WDFW websites and can find no run predictions for this coming fall. Just curious what the #'s are supposed to be. Seems a bit early for a prediction to me. I thought that normally happened in March and April.

husker · 02-14-2002, 08:47 AM

not sure where C&E got his info..but probably from the article in today outdoor section from bill monroe......silver run is supposed to be ~375,000 down from 1.4 million last year.....arg....

David Johnson · 02-14-2002, 09:06 AM

Oh darn, only 1,000,000 coho out there. It might be lamost as bad as back when we "only" had 600,000 coho and it took a couple hours to limit out :shocked:

David Johnson · 02-14-2002, 09:07 AM

Don't be let down, there is still going to be some killer fishing down there

Jim · 02-14-2002, 09:16 AM

David...am I hearing you corrctly?? Are you really going to waste you and your clients time chasing after so few fish?? I thought I knew you better than that...As for the Kings they don't like to bite in the estuary do they?? I say wait until the 3rd week of August or so and then fish above I-5 where they really bite good. Thats really what you meant to say isn't it David??

:grin: Now don't [img]graemlins/icon_argue.gif[/img] with me it wouldn't look good!! Plus arguing just makes people

OK, enough icons!

Jim

David Johnson · 02-14-2002, 09:27 AM

Your right Jim, me nor any one else should fish down there, just not enough fish :depressed: Evey one should just stay home in August. :grin:

husker · 02-14-2002, 09:38 AM

i dont think you all understood what i meant....my bad heres the quote from the oregonlive website....bill monroe's article

"Hatchery coho numbers are expected to plummet nearly 75 percent, from 1.4 million in summer 2001 to 362,000 this year. "

but chinook fishing should be better

"Offsetting the disappointing coho news, however, is the potential for 678,000 fall chinook into the Columbia, the third-largest run since 1948, surpassing last year's run of 544,000 fish. "

choppers · 02-14-2002, 02:11 PM

sure hope the runs look better than the forcast. they projected 1.7 million hatchery and 50K wild coho returns last year and guess what, a wopping 1.4 million hatchery and 163K natives returned.

that's plenty of fish for fertilizer. i'd like to bring a couple home.

Phish_on · 02-14-2002, 02:50 PM

I will certainly avoid the Columbia estuary in August and September. Just not worth bothering. :depressed:

CATCH AND EAT · 02-14-2002, 11:48 PM

Thanks husker for putting the information down. Yes, I was referring to the ORegonian article. So everyone should stay home.

David Johnson · 02-14-2002, 11:58 PM

Another thing, the managers have been known to underestimate too.