There's not much to figure out. Plunk the river and they will come. I have participated both years the river opened for sockeye and caught both years and if the fish arent there no one will catch. That being said give it a week or so.also. 430-830 isn't really long enough especially if you are not catching right away. Last year some of us waited from 4am until 3pm to catch our limit of 2 fish. Also these sockeye are not jumpers so don't expect a lot of activity from them. These fish do not stop they rush straight to baker river and only way to catch them is being there at the right time as a school passes by. Its not unusual to see multiple hookups with these fish. So there will be no fish seen until someone actually hooks up. If a sockeye jumps he's been hooked.

I agree.

I have been looking at the rules and the area that retention is allowed but I am wondering how one accesses it? Just wondering. It is a very far drive for me but I would like to at least give it a try.