Great Indicators for fishing to come .

    This photo is from the micro-trolling I've been doing for salmon research .  The program is called Operation Bottleneck, administered by the BC Conservation Foundation, for the Pacific Salmon Foundation.  We are fishing to DNA sample, PIT tag ( install an tiny electronic tag) , measure and release chinook salmon in their first winter at sea. 

  This is an extreme catch. The gear is mini- sized flashers and spoons , fished 6 rigs per side on the downriggers.   Here are 11 fish from 12 hooks .   6 are young cohos , which will be real sport fish by spring or summer.  5 are juvenile chinooks, but they are a year older and bigger than the ones we are looking for .  So, none of these are exactly what we are looking for in this research.  But, Golly these are great indicators for the near future of salmon fishing in our area.  

November . Winter fishing is very good .

 

So many summer photos not posted

In some past years I have posted a lot of photos, mainly guests with their catches, plus scenery.  It just didn't happen this year.  maybe I'll get around to filling some in.  

The fishing was dependably good and steady.  I had just one trip, for 4 hours in the third week of September when the boat didn't catch a fish.  Not including Tyee rowing, which is higher stakes, and fewer fish . 

 The season never ends, but after October there are few guests and I am doing the micro-trolling for salmon science through winter into spring.