North of Falcon process begins with salmon forecast meeting Feb. 28
A series of meetings to discuss salmon runs and fishing seasons will begin Feb. 28 with the release of salmon forecasts for the state. The meetings, part of the North of Falcon process, will conclude...
View ArticleExpect salmon fishing seasons to be similar to last year as state releases...
UPDATED 2:57 P.M. Here is the story I filed for Wednesday’s paper. Based on preliminary numbers, South Sound anglers can expect the 2012-13 fishing season to be similar to last season. That was the...
View ArticleFirst North of Falcon meeting set for March 1
Washington fishermen will get the first forecast for salmon runs in 2013 during a public meeting in Olympia March 1. The meeting is the annual kickoff of the salmon fishing season-setting process, also...
View ArticleSalmon forecast meeting Friday in Olympia
Just a reminder that the state Department of Fish and Wildlife will announce its preseason forecast for salmon runs at a public meeting Friday. People attending the North of Falcon session also will...
View ArticleNorth of Falcon: Pink salmon forecast up overall
Getting our first look at salmon forecasts for 2013 at the North of Falcon meeting Olympia. I’ll try to post more as the meeting goes along and there are breaks. Here is the outlook for pink salmon:...
View ArticleNorth of Falcon: Chum salmon forecasts
Total fall chum salmon forecast Central Sound 104,977 South Sound 244,646 Hood Canal 323,597 Puget Sound total 790,827
View ArticleNorth of Falcon: Select sockeye salmon fisheries
Sockeye salmon forecasts Baker River 21,577 Lake Washington 96,866 Okanogan River 134,500 Wenatchee River 44,600
View ArticleNorth of Falcon: Puget Sound coho forecast
Coho salmon Minter Creek 9,002 Nisqually River 7,719 Deschutes River 156 Squaxin Island area 38,888 Skokomish River 17,786
View ArticleNorth of Falcon: Puget Sound summer/fall chinook forecast
Chinook salmon River Hatchery Wild Puyallup 8,556 1,128 Green 12,745 1,700 Nisqually 36,326 1,296 Chambers 5,013 None Deschutes 12,926 None Skokomish 43,997 3,057
View ArticleSalmon fishing seasons established
Here is the news release sent out this morning by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife about the setting of salmon fishing seasons: State and tribal co-managers yesterday agreed on a package of...
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