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Medvejie & Deep Inlet Update – 9 September

Posted by Steve Reifenstuhl on Sep 9, 2014 in news, Uncategorized | 0 comments

Medvejie experienced a huge flood on Saturday which destroyed the weir. Fortunately,

we employ a barrier net for back up and it saved thousands of fish from going upstream.

Fish scattered but came together and we had our best day on Monday with 5.7 million

eggs. This brings us to 57% of the goal and it feels like we might make it. There are still

plenty of fish around.

Deep Inlet catch on Saturday was better than expected. New fish continue to move in.

The best news was the high percent of 3 year olds in the seine and gillnet catch on

Thursday and Saturday.

Deep Inlet to Open Wednesday – Troll; Thursday – Seine; & Saturday – Gillnet

Posted by Steve Reifenstuhl on Sep 1, 2014 in news | 0 comments

Deep Inlet will open as per the ADF&G announcement that went out at 2 p.m. today. This week only Wednesday troll, Thursday seine 6 a.m. to 9 p.m, and Saturday gillnet 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Next week beginning Sunday (new stat week) return to published schedule.

We moved the 30,000 chum to Medvejie today starting at 6:45 a.m. with ETA of 5:45 p.m. tonight. Eggtakes improved today as the fish are pushing harder and ended with 3.7 million eggs, our best day this year at Medvejie. We expect to ramp up to 5 million per day soon.

Good luck in the re-opening and thanks for your patience and understanding while waiting for the fish to cooperate. Thanks to Carlos Schwantes and John Barry for capturing the brood fish at Deep Inlet.

Deep Inlet Update – late August 31

Posted by Steve Reifenstuhl on Aug 31, 2014 in news | 0 comments

Eggtake total at 16.4 million eggs. Chum will be moved from Deep Inlet on Monday beginning at 6:30 a.m. If all goes well we will announce re-opening in late afternoon through ADF&G announcement. Still expecting to announce Wednesday troll, Thursday seine, and Saturday gillnet. Seine/gillnet will be 15 hours each to keep the week even. Look for update mid to late afternoon tomorrow.

Deep Inlet Progress for August 30 4:00 pm

Posted by Steve Reifenstuhl on Aug 30, 2014 in news | 0 comments

2,000 additional chum captured at Deep Inlet today and continuing to work on collection (further update later tonight). Slower than hoped, but still lots of fish deep. Best case scenario is we finish today or Sunday and announce re-opening on Monday via ADF&G news release. When we decide I’ll put it on the web as soon as the decision is made. Department will get an announcement out quickly which will be the official notification. Remember, there are worse case scenarios as well and it may be some days before opening. I am just attempting to keep fishermen apprised of latest thinking.

Eggtakes ticked up just slightly today at Medvejie. We are at 14,000,000 eggs.

Deep Inlet Chum Caught and Rolled into Pens – 14,000

Posted by Steve Reifenstuhl on Aug 29, 2014 in news | 0 comments

Finally, some significant success at Deep Inlet. Purse seiner caught 14,000 chum today and rolled them into net pens. We will continue the effort tomorrow and attempt to put 16,000 more fish away. Stay tuned we may be done by Saturday night.

Eggtakes went well today – 2.5 million. Expect an even better day tomorrow.