Currently we have 25,000 chum collected for broodstock behind the barrier in Kasnyku Bay. The Hidden Falls staff took the first 4 million eggs yesterday and continue to pass chum through the barrier net daily. Observations by spotter pilots, fishing boats, and our drone show good numbers of chum in Kasnyku and around Round Island to Pt. Turbot, although the fish move around constantly. Chum have been observed in Takatz as well. Given that the 175,000 chum still needed for broodstock have not been secured and they are moving in and out of Kasnyku I have decided to have a discrete Takatz Bay opening to reduce the risk of losing broodstock and also provide a fishing opportunity. Pt Turbot will be in the closed area as the line will be slightly inside Takatz Bay. The line will run south to the south side of Takatz to include the ‘rock piles’. The ADF&G announcement will have the legal line description.
Once we assess the opening and make more progress on broodstock we will decide weather to have an opening Sunday or wait until the following Thursday. Good luck on the Thursday opening wherever you fish.
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