sockeye fishing in port alberni
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lorneparker1
Banned
Well the siene opening is the 25th so id go before then or wait a few days til they are done. The fishing will defintely slow fora few days after the opening, but will pick back up shortly after.
Degree of Freedom
Active Member
The fishing is terrible right now near CC...Cous Crk to Franklin last night and this morning, haven't seen a single net out
newfieslayer
Member
Was thinking of heading out the canal a Lil further might be a Lil better for sox???????
Olde School
Well-Known Member
It is slowish.
Fished last night for 2 hours, and this morning for 1 1/2. 3 for 4 last night, 1 for 1 today.
Had to come in for work!
Heading back.
Shallow rods got all 4 fish, and dad's old secret tie up got 2 of them.
Smiley.
Fished last night for 2 hours, and this morning for 1 1/2. 3 for 4 last night, 1 for 1 today.
Had to come in for work!
Heading back.
Shallow rods got all 4 fish, and dad's old secret tie up got 2 of them.
Smiley.
Finished Business
Well-Known Member
anyone else waiting patiently for the first pictures of the Alberni run!? Lets see some green!
IronNoggin
Well-Known Member
SOMASS SOCKEYE BULLETIN # 2 – 2012 Date: June 22, 2012
Somass Sockeye Stock Assessment Update
Pre-season forecast:
Somass (Great Central and Sproat) 700,000 (range: 500,000 to 1,000,000);
Henderson Lake sockeye outlook ~ 25,000
Escapement to June 20: ~ 45,500 (8900 Great Central, 37,600 Sproat Lake)
Test Fishery: June 18-19: Estimate 25K inside 10-mile Point; 25K outside
Expected Somass Stock Composition: 47% Great Central, 53% Sproat Sockeye
Expected Somass Age Composition: 36%, 51%, and 13% for age 42, 52, 53 / 63 adults, respectively.
To date the overall age composition is 23% (42), 72% (52), 1% (53), 3% (63). Concern for low numbers of 4 year olds.
First in-season reforecast: June 28 (Preliminary Review June 21)
Catch Estimate: ~ 117,400 adults
Port Alberni Tsu-ma-uss Economic Opportunity fishery – 73,400
Maanulth First Nations Domestic harvest - 6700
Commercial Gillnet – 32,000
Recreational – 4,300
Henderson sockeye in the catch is estimated at 116 fish
NEXT WEEK'S FISHING PLANS:
First Nations
Tsu-ma-uss (Hupacasath , Tseshaht)-The First Nations have reduced fishing effort due to high catch rate.
Gill-nets - Sunday noon to Monday night 8 pm; 32 hours.
Communal Drag Seine - Papermill Dam Thursday to Sunday 6 am to 2 pm.
Maa-nulth - The harvest plan includes contracting of designated Area D Gill-netters to harvest sockeye. These vessels will be displaying Maa-nulth identification flags.
Commercial
Area D Gillnet - fishery will open 14 hours from 6 am. to 8 pm Tuesday June 26th in the same areas as the June 19th fishery, from the Bamfield line to the Pocahontas line.
Area B Seine – fishery will open 48 hours from Monday June 25th 10:00 hrs to Wednesday June 27th 10:00 hrs. There will be a closed area for seines as agreed to by the Area 23 harvest committee. This area is subject to adjustment by the committee, depending on sockeye abundance in-season. The initial seine closed area will be bounded in the north by a line from Dunsmuir Point to the pilings north of China Creek and, in the south by a line drawn from Hocking Point easterly to the opposite shore to the Pocahontas line.
Recreational
Fishing continues at 4 per day in Alberni Inlet except for the tidal portions of Somass River which is to 2 per day with no night fishing.
For more information please contact the DFO office in Port Alberni at 250 720-4440
Somass Sockeye Stock Assessment Update
Pre-season forecast:
Somass (Great Central and Sproat) 700,000 (range: 500,000 to 1,000,000);
Henderson Lake sockeye outlook ~ 25,000
Escapement to June 20: ~ 45,500 (8900 Great Central, 37,600 Sproat Lake)
Test Fishery: June 18-19: Estimate 25K inside 10-mile Point; 25K outside
Expected Somass Stock Composition: 47% Great Central, 53% Sproat Sockeye
Expected Somass Age Composition: 36%, 51%, and 13% for age 42, 52, 53 / 63 adults, respectively.
To date the overall age composition is 23% (42), 72% (52), 1% (53), 3% (63). Concern for low numbers of 4 year olds.
First in-season reforecast: June 28 (Preliminary Review June 21)
Catch Estimate: ~ 117,400 adults
Port Alberni Tsu-ma-uss Economic Opportunity fishery – 73,400
Maanulth First Nations Domestic harvest - 6700
Commercial Gillnet – 32,000
Recreational – 4,300
Henderson sockeye in the catch is estimated at 116 fish
NEXT WEEK'S FISHING PLANS:
First Nations
Tsu-ma-uss (Hupacasath , Tseshaht)-The First Nations have reduced fishing effort due to high catch rate.
Gill-nets - Sunday noon to Monday night 8 pm; 32 hours.
Communal Drag Seine - Papermill Dam Thursday to Sunday 6 am to 2 pm.
Maa-nulth - The harvest plan includes contracting of designated Area D Gill-netters to harvest sockeye. These vessels will be displaying Maa-nulth identification flags.
Commercial
Area D Gillnet - fishery will open 14 hours from 6 am. to 8 pm Tuesday June 26th in the same areas as the June 19th fishery, from the Bamfield line to the Pocahontas line.
Area B Seine – fishery will open 48 hours from Monday June 25th 10:00 hrs to Wednesday June 27th 10:00 hrs. There will be a closed area for seines as agreed to by the Area 23 harvest committee. This area is subject to adjustment by the committee, depending on sockeye abundance in-season. The initial seine closed area will be bounded in the north by a line from Dunsmuir Point to the pilings north of China Creek and, in the south by a line drawn from Hocking Point easterly to the opposite shore to the Pocahontas line.
Recreational
Fishing continues at 4 per day in Alberni Inlet except for the tidal portions of Somass River which is to 2 per day with no night fishing.
For more information please contact the DFO office in Port Alberni at 250 720-4440
masterbaiter
Member
Was going to head to China Creek next week from 26-30th... sounds like slim pickings so far and the commies will be there to clean up what's left. Same thing happened to me last year when I went! Maybe have to change plans next year
expertfisher780
Active Member
Was out this morrning from dunsmuir to the narrows and not even a stike and never seen a single net out, fished from 5-9 am there was a whole lot boats out for no fish.
Olde School
Well-Known Member
Out again this am, fished narrows to Lone Tree. Plenty of boats, never saw a single net out nor any jumpers.
Sounder was empty except for those weird deep echos, as usual.
NOT Smiley.
Sounder was empty except for those weird deep echos, as usual.
NOT Smiley.
The economic opportunity fishery allows first nations to sell their catch, there is a buyer from vancouver (can't confirm just from what I heard) that sets up at clutesi marina every summer that buys alot of their catch. Hence why their catch number is so large, all the sockeye are going straight for the river right into gill nets for the time being.
Is there a limit to how many they can keep during a season? 76,000 for mid/late june seems like alot when the run hasn't even peaked yet.
Islandgirl
Well-Known Member
In the last two days we trolled from first light until approx noon. From dunsmers to Namint and back. In all that time I saw One fish on the Line... Unfortunately it was not our lines.
eaglemaniac
Well-Known Member
If your not hitting them Islandgirl, there probably just heading straight into the gill nets on the river. Check the side of the road you will probably be more productive.
eman
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eaglemaniac
Well-Known Member
Certainly no intense offended. eman
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