Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: Neat Freak on August 29, 2004, 02:36:26 PM
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When do Pinks make their way up the river? I had a lot of fun with them last year and was good practice for me. Thanks. :)
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August/September next year. They come odd years. Ie. 2003, 2005 etc.
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Why do Pinks come only on odd year? ???
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2 year life cycle. I'm guessing from when they were 1st introduced in the systems??? ??? There will be some pinks this year but the run would be pretty weak if anything.
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Are you saying that Pinks are not native to the systems? ???
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I am unsure of that. Im sure someone else could help you out.
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TroutSlayer is correct; pinks run every odd year. Next year (2005) will be a pink run. I believe there once was an even year run but a natural disaster put an end to that.
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the squamish receives an even year pink run, however it's very bleak.
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http://www.saxvik.ca/ (http://www.saxvik.ca/)
I read the information on this site awhile back, but it explains the rock slide that happened at Hell's Gate on the Fraser. I don't know if this resulted in the odd year only run for pinks, but informative nonetheless.
What I found of interest is the use of flood lamps at night and how it affects the movement of migrating salmon. For me, it kind of explains why there's a good number of fish that get caught in the morning as opposed to the afternoon sometimes on the Fraser. Or, maybe I just don't fish the afternoons enough to make a good comparison. :P
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Did a bit of research on this question. The pinks are a two year cycle fish, spend the least time in fresh water after hatching, are the most abundant of all salmon species, migrate the least distance into the ocean of all salmon ( about 250 miles from river estuary) and are found throughout the west coast as well as the Asian coast, Russia,China Japan etc, and in the Great Lakes.
Most south coast rivers have pinks on the odd number year, i.e. 2003, 2005, but as said in another post can have an even year run, i.e. Squamish.
Central coast rivers have both odd and even year runs but each run is genetically different from each other and usually one is more dominant than the other. They are also the smallest of the salmon and average between 3 to 5 lbs. I think the largest ever caught was weighed in at about 21 lbs. They are called humpback or "humpies" because of the hump that develops on the male as they enter fresh water. They usually spawn in rivers with no lake as headwaters..
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Does anyone know if there has been a research and/or discussion by DFO on reviving the even year runs of the pinks on the Fraser River systems? ???
If so, has anything comes of it? ???
If not, maybe a petition is in order to look into it.
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I think the largest ever caught was weighed in at about 21 lbs.
?? I understood the world record was just over 14 lbs...
Correct, the world sport fishing record for humpies is 14.49 lb caught in the Skykomish River.
http://www.dicknite.com/bigpix.htm (http://www.dicknite.com/bigpix.htm)
Maybe the 21 lbs was commercially caught? ???
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http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/angling/protalk/reid/pinksalmon.phtml
The above is an informative link to pink salmon.
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If there was an even year run and somekind of disaster caused it to die out in the south how come the north have even and not odd year runs? was there 2 years ove natural disasters one inthe north and on in the south? ???
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Back in 1292, the pinks all go together and decided to conserve the food resources and have even years in the north and odd years in the south. The treaty is called the magenta carta and can be viewed at...
www.geniva.gov.dn/treaties/fish/pacific pinks
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
2mtomhs
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I've caught a few even year pinks this year, but the run is nowhere as numerous as their odd year cousins.
I was thinking that the rivers in the south with no even year pink run all had some sort of natural disaster that wiped out the runs. Something like massive rain, flooding and rockslides that wiped out the spawning beds in the south. Or else a collapse of the food supply that the pinks eat that year? In the north, the natural disasters happened to affect the odd year run. Just my guess.