Baker Lake... Is This Season Doomed????

[bassplayer17]

Baker Lake... Is This Season Doomed????? Will it open or stay closed for sockeye.. With the slow start to a dismal river fishery and trap counts down will they even make escapement.. What you all think???

[Norm]

There should be 5-10 times more fish coming in daily. There just not coming.

[rseas]

Whoops...

[rseas]

Not that I know anyrhing about sockeye but I'll toss my two cents in anyway. I believe that some time this week the WDFW will issue an emergency rule change notice delaying the opener until later in the month. As I recall the spawing escapement is 4,000-5,000 fish and to help maintain genetic diversity the fish are collected incrementally throughtly the return.

In this case patience is a virtue, remember the first year the lake opened for sockeye fishing it didn't open until July 21st. The fishery was awesome and the catch rate held up well into late August.

[bassplayer17]

Thanks Randy you have a way to always find the positive in everything...I can sleep better now lol.... It's always a good time up there camping with my buds and fishing the most spectacular lake in the state.

[Norm]

we will know tomorrow when the numbers come back from last weekend. The trap should be seein multi hundred fish numbers right now and next week close to thousand fish days. if the numbers start dramatically jumping we have a chance. but if theyre staying where they have been its all over. A local that fishes the river every day said the indians have not even been out because they arent getting anything. A few days ago a test boat made drifts and pulled 5 fish. We will see what happens

[natetreat]

I'm optimistic. But if this run is as bad as it's looked from the river season, WDFW really needs to rethink the way that it forecasts runs.

[Idstud]

I sure hope things start getting better as well.

[Steelheadin360]

Relax fish pimp, if you troll it, they will come.

[Steelheadin360]

489 fish yesterday!

[gfakkema]

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[natetreat]

7/04 153 666
7/05 130 796
7/06 472 1,268
7/07 489 1,757

Not too shabby.

[EAmon ___hoffman123]

I wonder if it opens, if they're going to change the 3 fish limit. Just need see a 1,000 fish day

[Kyle Jones]

Just Head over the the mountains and fish the Columbia. We are already over 500,000 fish past Bonneville, and the fishing has been on fire. I have been in the Wanapum Dam area and have been getting limits of Sockeye daily (4 sockeye per person) Plus a king or two most days. Brewster is going to be just as good in the next few weeks!

[Mike Carey]

Just Head over the the mountains and fish the Columbia. We are already over 500,000 fish past Bonneville, and the fishing has been on fire. I have been in the Wanapum Dam area and have been getting limits of Sockeye daily (4 sockeye per person) Plus a king or two most days. Brewster is going to be just as good in the next few weeks!

For sure, what an incredible run. I'm hoping to hit lake Wenatchee too.

[Steelheadin360]

Columbia is fun, but I like my 9 pound chrome Sockeye



Little Skagit river princess before the closed it




and its still early guys, the fish will show! this happens every year

[bassplayer17]

Oh boy 335 in the lake for the opener. Let's go get them boys.......

[Steelheadin360]

Yea I fished the Sky instead, what a treat that was...

[strider43]

Yea I fished the Sky instead, what a treat that was...

no fish?

[bassplayer17]

Yea I fished the Sky instead, what a treat that was...

Still smelly huh. They just increased the limit on sockeye at the pool to SIX on the 15th....Road trip????