yes it's word of mouth one or 2 times removed from the people who did the count. Mostly these counts don't get published.

Where did you get this information Ralph?

don't recall if this information is published but knowing people inside the ministry and some of the swimmers the information gets talked about. The estimates are wide ranging due to swim conditions that day. There was one pool alone that you can see from the highway when driving by that the count in there was 46 fish. Plus there is no count done of the fish still below the obstruction at Othello and this year there was a number of fish still below it in August when the count was done. Overall it was a very good return for the coquihalla. 

Where did you get this information Ralph?

from a source known to be completely unreliable. LOL!

There has also been a few comparisons to the Coquihalla where the count this fall was 600 fish

Where did you get this information Ralph?

There has also been a few comparisons to the Coquihalla where the count this fall was 600 fish which must be something like the highest on record since before the first pipeline Then there was a super highway and another pipeline. The Coq had counts as low as just over a dozen back in the 90s to then bounce back to 500+within a few years. Some of these stocks display a remarkable resilience.

another interesting fact is this return (actually estimated between 300 and 600 with the province adopting 420 from what I was told) is from a spawning escapement of only 83 fish.

Interior Fraser steelhead are not the only summer stock in the Fraser system. The Whonnock specimen was taken on Aug 11.

there was 1 fish caught in a PSC test net at Brownsville or Whonnock (can't remember without checking) on August 29. That fish would be the only one caught representing a IFS fish. This fish was the one I was commenting on. Not an August 11 fish. Agree that that fish could/would be a Silverhope of Coquihalla fish.

There has also been a few comparisons to the Coquihalla where the count this fall was 600 fish which must be something like the highest on record since before the first pipeline Then there was a super highway and another pipeline. The Coq had counts as low as just over a dozen back in the 90s to then bounce back to 500+within a few years. Some of these stocks display a remarkable resilience.

my friend works for MOTI, He said he got complaints from steelhead fishermen wanting accesses gates around Othello road open, in October

I thought it was kind of weird, but now with your report it all makes sense lol

Interior Fraser steelhead are not the only summer stock in the Fraser system. The Whonnock specimen was taken on Aug 11. Bison didn't identify that one as a suspected IFS fish or use it in his forecast. There were no net openings in the lower Fraser during the IFS window and no steelhead reported in the openings that followed. Another comment I read elsewhere is that the Bison index is pretty coarse and has a margin of error up to the 50% mark moral being to wait until they do a spawning enumeration in the springtime which in all likelihood will still be pretty dire.

There has also been a few comparisons to the Coquihalla where the count this fall was 600 fish which must be something like the highest on record since before the first pipeline Then there was a super highway and another pipeline. The Coq had counts as low as just over a dozen back in the 90s to then bounce back to 500+within a few years. Some of these stocks display a remarkable resilience.

Okay, "Halibut and Potato Chips" sounds like an interesting twist on fish and chips! I wonder what preparation of halibut works best? Deep fried? Pan-fried? Lightly battered is key for flavor. 

It’s pretty wild they let the fn have in river net openings in October for chum on such a low abundance year. Especially after a huge amount of sockeye openings in August and then pinks. Goes to show once again what the people managing our resource care about. I don’t know how anyone can have support or respect for dfo any more