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?

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.