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baited breath

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Re: Rivers Inlet - Are the salmon ever coming?
« Reply #15 on: August 28, 2008, 08:30:08 AM »
Hmmmm.  Three bad years in a row.  If next year is bad there's basically nothing left except the 5 year fish.  I'm not an expert on salmon cycles - I hope they have historical periods like this.  I would imagine after 4 bad years the DFO would have to apply some big restrictions to the commercials and recreationals up there.  Could be tough times for the resort industry.
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Re: Rivers Inlet - Are the salmon ever coming?
« Reply #16 on: September 09, 2008, 01:28:32 PM »
The last of the runs should have passed through the Rivers Inlet group of resorts by now if they came at all.  Did anyone out there actually catch any fish in August in that area?  Angry Dragon said it was red hot on Aug 24 but who knows, maybe it was for a day or two.  I saw one post somewhere else where a guy did well for coho at St. Johns in mid August, that's further north....
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Sam Salmon

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Re: Rivers Inlet - Are the salmon ever coming?
« Reply #17 on: September 09, 2008, 03:58:00 PM »
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Re: Rivers Inlet - Are the salmon ever coming?
« Reply #18 on: September 09, 2008, 04:07:22 PM »
That was nice of him to take his daughter out fishing and land such a big one.
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another SLICE of dirty fish perhaps?

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Re: Rivers Inlet - Are the salmon ever coming?
« Reply #19 on: September 09, 2008, 04:09:07 PM »
looks like they went old school on that fish with that rod. 
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Re: Rivers Inlet - Are the salmon ever coming?
« Reply #20 on: September 09, 2008, 05:17:45 PM »
I worked at a lodge in River's this summer, July 1st-Sept 1st. Saw no more than 25-30 springs come back to the lodge for the entire season. We had 5 springs over 40lbs, largest being 44.5lbs. Owner said that this has been the worst fishing she has ever seen.   :-[
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Re: Rivers Inlet - Are the salmon ever coming?
« Reply #21 on: September 11, 2008, 09:06:35 AM »
Quote from: Nitroholic on September 09, 2008, 05:17:45 PM
I worked at a lodge in River's this summer, July 1st-Sept 1st. Saw no more than 25-30 springs come back to the lodge for the entire season. We had 5 springs over 40lbs, largest being 44.5lbs. Owner said that this has been the worst fishing she has ever seen.   :-[

Thanks, Nitroholic.  That's kind of what I was afraid of.  I hope whatever is happening in California to Washington isn't happening here.  Those resort owners are going to have a tough year next year, even if the DFO doesn't tighten up the limits.....
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