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.

https://www.psc.org/publications/fraser-panel-in-season-information/fraser-river-panel-information-package/ 

Aug 29th update.

In season adjusted to 12,500,000 which is preliminary until approved.

Not as many fish showing as in the past couple of days but still pretty darn good fishing. Amazing how fishermen tend to congregate to their kins. Walk 50 feet and you're  in no man's land and the fishing is still good.

I'll tell you why. Private messaging another member, let alone meeting others in real life, requires determination, social and emotional intelligence, and above all, at least decent communication skills. Based on my observations, the initiator of this thread has none of the above.
This person often posts on impulse, without taking into consideration the effect his words might have on the collective. The tone used is dismissive and abrasive, without contributing anything significant to our common piscatorial cause. It is people like them that have discouraged me from forums and social media in general.

"common piscatorial cause"  . Milo you have quite the witty demeaner, and your comments are always fun to read.

1 Million swam past Mission yesterday based on Hydroacoustics-based.  Sockeye Decreased to 61900 from 200K the day before.  Looks like counters are being hit by mostly pinks now.

I fished at Mission and the river was by no means alive with  pinks. Most other people commented how much better the fishing was the previous 2 days.

At 4.5 million it suggests the run is approaching the 50% mark. Remains to be seen what happens on local rivers that are open or if the whole season may just fizzle out after the weekend.

I thought I remeber reading in 2023 that a good portion of the pink return was from above hope as most of the population below was hit hard by the floods.

Wonder if that’s true for this year as well

as I recall:

Historically the biggest segments of the Fraser pink run are:

1) the Fraser between Chilliwack and Hope
2) Interior streams mainly the Thompson (and tributaries) and Seaton
3) the Harrison - which is the largest run for a single stream or river

the Fraser and Harrison pinks did not seem to be much affected by the Nov 2021 floods.

other runs like the Chilliwack are relatively small. It seemed to me the 2023 return was noticeably lower and I wondered if it should have been set to no fishing or c&r

1 Million swam past Mission yesterday based on Hydroacoustics-based.  Sockeye Decreased to 61900 from 200K the day before.  Looks like counters are being hit by mostly pinks now.

I thought I remeber reading in 2023 that a good portion of the pink return was from above hope as most of the population below was hit hard by the floods.

Wonder if that’s true for this year as well

I was out for the 1st time in this cycle. Had much the same experience. Took one home. Had many of the tap tap tap takes Rod mentioned. These could also have been small pike minnow or even the weight on my line bouncing off rocks. It was shallow near shore. While some people did relatively well most did more or less like me or worse. I was testing some home made lures and had no proven spinners or spoons along so my result wasn't unexpected. One worked!

This has so far been a unusual cycle. First the prediction of a massive record cycle, which is invariably incorrect. Started earlier and slowed down quickly. Could it already be over? I'll be interested to see what the PSC weekly report says. I wouldn't be surprised if the forecast is set below 10 million.

photographic evidence:

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?