Has an entire run of any salmon or steelhead ever arrived late or early? I’ve heard people say they’re late when the run is simply just poor. Never seen a rivers entire run shift though

Back in the 90s the Adams River sockeye run arrived 3 to 4 weeks early and then held in the lower Fraser for quite some time. Many of those fish died of disease. Same thing happened to the Harrison/Weaver run around the same time. Those fish moved into the Harrison. Water temperatures were high and a large % died. I remember fishing the river in Sept for trout and the banks and river floor was covered with dead rotted salmon. In both cases this behaviour lasted 3 or 4 years then the runs shifted back to their historical timing.

Interesting to note the Harrison has been opened for sockeye for the first time since then. Prior to that event they were caught on 'krill', just the small cocktail shrimp you can buy at Safeway etc. No need to floss.

I noticed the sockeye being more silver this year than the last sockeye season. Saw under developed milt and eggs.

Yes. I agree. The socks are much more chrome this opening but of a smaller size.

Seems fishy to me...I went back 30 years and there was not a pink run that came in this early this large.

I still wonder if the sockeye/pink ratio is correct and % is more sockeye then they estimate.

all armchair of course

if pinks they did dna for pinks there would be more answers guess will see when they hit the spawning grounds

I also looked at the average run timing and it lasts about 10 days so if this run is early the lower fraser fishery could be over in the next 5 days.

Has an entire run of any salmon or steelhead ever arrived late or early? I’ve heard people say they’re late when the run is simply just poor. Never seen a rivers entire run shift though

Fished mid river on Thursday.  Not as many risers as in previous days.  Started fishing mid morning until about 11.  Managed to hook one and tried to pass off my rod to a kid close to me.  He had a chance to play it for a few seconds then it got off.  Nothing else for me though.  Need a magic jig.

btw...  Any one other than Rodney fished Richmond or Mission lately?  How about a report?

Still producing limits if you know what you're doing.

saw very few fish mid river this morning, almost no jumpers or risers other than sturgeon

nets out as well

one guy got two pinks after tying himself the jig I had been using all week, we named it the copy cat killer

There were a few big schools that came by Richmond area today.  Lost quite a few. 

August 29 Weekly Report PSC
Fraser River Pink Salmon
Like delaying Late run stocks, pink salmon delay their upstream migration into the Fraser River. At the moment,
around 5,000,000 pink salmon are estimated to be present in the Strait of Georgia. In the last few days there has
been a substantial increase in the abundance of pink salmon entering the Fraser River and this has been reflected by
the very large daily pink salmon estimates observed at the Mission site, approximately 1,000,000 a day for the last
three days. The estimated escapement of pink salmon past Mission through August 28 is 4,524,700. This is the earliest
upstream migration of large abundances of pink salmon since enumeration at the Mission site commenced in 2011.
The pre-season median (p50) forecast for Fraser River pink salmon was 27,000,000 (12,600,000 at the p10, up to
57,900,000 at the p90). At Tuesday’s meeting the Panel reduced the run size to 12,500,000 with an associated Area 20 timing of August 13.
This is the earliest timing for pink salmon on record but is in line with the timing observed in
the past 5 return years (15-20 August). It continues the recent trend towards earlier pink timing given that the longterm median timing is August 28. The earlier migration timing of pink salmon results in an increased overlap in
sockeye and pink salmon migration through marine areas, complicating fisheries access to harvestable surplus of
pink salmon while limiting bycatch of Late run sockeye.

https://www.psc.org/download/723/2025/19366/august-29-2025-2.pdf

Came across a kid yesterday who had 4 pinks 2 sockeye. I questioned him and he insisted that it was legal!  Did i miss something?

an example of not understanding how to read the regs. 4 salmon per day period

Came across a kid yesterday who had 4 pinks 2 sockeye. I questioned him and he insisted that it was legal!  Did i miss something?

That a pre-season big forecast is dashed by actual returns yet people think there will be some last minute turnaround has happen before.  It is almost Sept and by now they have a good idea how many fish have come through the marine approaches and possibly what number is waiting in area 29.  A big late recovery is not likely.

The modelling is showing 12.5 Million Pinks for the Time being, but that'll change if either the marine tests spike again or the steady stream of fish keep moving passing Mission in large numbers.  Either way, this year will be record setting in certain ways.