Deep Inlet Lull – Between Summer and Fall Runs
I am dedicating these comments this evening to Botso. He let me know fishermen wanted to hear what is happening with the fall Medvejie run. I probably should have put my thoughts down sooner, so thanks for the encouragement Mr. Eliason. So far 530,000 chum have been caught at Deep Inlet by trollers, gillnetters and seiners; almost all of those are from the Hidden Falls summer run stock (it preformed about double forecast). The real question is ‘will the fall run materialize?’ Naturally, I don’t know but reviewing the historical run timing, there are years when the fall run...
Read MoreHidden Falls Down, Deep Inlet Up
Hidden Falls chum continue to show nearly 90% five year olds in a weaker than expected return, at least so far . That translates to less than 20,000 four year old chum caught. Without a better showing of fours in the next opening, meeting the broodstock goal of 170,000 may be difficult. Therefore, the Sunday July 6 opening hangs in the balance. DIPAC is seeing similar high numbers with some 80% of the return five year olds. However, the DIPAC chum return is 3 to 4 times as large, and therefore broodstock is less of a concern. Deep Inlet by contrast is performing much better. The total...
Read MoreHidden Falls & Deep Inlet Chum Return Out of the Blocks
It is too early to predict what will happen with the chum return at either Hidden Falls or Deep Inlet. There have been years at Hidden Falls when there were only 8,000 fish caught by the week ending June 28 which ended up with total returns for those years at 2.7 m (’99) and 3.1 million (’00) chum salmon. There have also been years when catches have been in excess of 350,000 by June 28 and the run ended up at 1.3 million (2013). Total catch to date at Hidden Falls is 43,000 chum with one opening to go for the week. Therefore, it is likely the week will end behind the twenty year...
Read MoreHidden Falls Chum Schedule Update
Hidden Falls opens for the season on Sunday, June 15, 2014, NOT June 22 as previously reported on our website. Seiners please take note of this and pass the word. The 2014 assessment rate has been set at 20%. This is a preliminary figure and should be finalized by late May. More details can be found here: Hidden Falls 2014 Schedule & Tax Assessment Area Map.
Read MoreDeep Inlet Schedule Set for 2014
The Deep Inlet 2014 schedule was finalized at the spring Board of Directors Meeting. Fishing begins on June 1. Once again this year we will be conducting no cost recovery harvest in the THA – thanks to DIPAC’s financial contribution. Schedules are below, and can also be found on our Home page and FrontPage.
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