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

Totally normal and better than the store ones anytime. Flesh being mushy before cooking is just how you preserve it after catching, that is, not being on ice.

Hi Everyone, today was my first time trying to catch a Pink Salmon, I have always been fishing trout at lakes previously so not much experience here. I happened to caught two pink salmons and noticed that the flesh is pale and dull white in color and the texture is on the mushy side compared to the store bought salmon. Once cooked, the texture became firm and there wasn't any fishy or off taste. Is this normal?

I wanted to include some photos but not sure how lol

fished the incoming morning tide mid river as I have done since Sunday, again today.  Got 5, had three follow my jig right to the surface lol.   

slower than yesterday, hardly saw any risers, pretty quiet as was last evenings incoming tide, almost no risers seen

Ocean test catch low but in river high. These fish seem to skip the staging and go right through.  Seals and whales chasing them in river perhaps.

1.2 million more pinks past mission yesterday, 2 million last 2 days.

Popped down to my hometown yesterday afternoon for a bit and right away saw plenty of pink salmon rolling through at 4pm at the start of the incoming tide. I managed to hook four and missed a few until 6pm when suddenly someone turned the tap off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvo1-1sliwg

Nice, it hasn't opened in years.

Category(s):
    RECREATIONAL - Salmon


    Fishery Notice - Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Subject: FN0881-RECREATIONAL - Salmon - Pink Salmon - Region 2: Squamish River - Retention opening - Effective August 29, 2025

Effective one hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset each day between August 29 and September 15, 2025, in the waters described below you may retain four (4) Pink Salmon per day:

Squamish River downstream of the powerline crossing, approximately 1.5 km upstream of the confluence with the Cheakamus River.

Management measures: 

- No fishing for Chinook, Coho, Sockeye or Chum salmon.
- You must not use bait when fishing for salmon.
- Fishing is permissible during daylight hours only.

There is no fishing for salmon in the following waters: Mamquam and Cheakamus Rivers, and Squamish River upstream of the powerline crossing (approximately 1.5 km upstream of the confluence with the Cheakamus River).

The aggregate daily limit for all salmon species is four (4) per day.

Anglers fishing for salmon are required to take every measure possible to ensure that their fishing activities avoid impacts on non-target stocks. This means that anglers are requested to use angling methods that do not catch non-target stocks.

Anglers should be aware that the First Nations food, social and ceremonial fishery is open in this area. Anglers are encouraged to minimize or eliminate any gear conflict in this area. Please be diligent when harvesting and navigating in this area and exercise patience when and if in contact with other fishers.

Variation Orders in effect: 2025-RFQ-360, 2025-RCT-349

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.

don't blame you at all. I don't understand why people can't just scroll on by threads they don't like. seems very easy to do.