Skywalker -
There always a few sockeye in the Sky and most of out other Puget Sound streams annually. The number over Sunset is higher than normal.
For Sunset Falls
In 2003 - - -13 sockeye passed upstream
2002 - - - 21 sockeye passed upstream
2001 - - - 22 sockeye passed upstream
2000 - - - 9 sockeye passed upstream

The thinking is that most of these fish are different than those commonly found in local lake populations. The riverine sockeye are thought to be a widespread race of sockeye that are found in variety of rivers and may serve as the seed source for colonizing new populations.

Some evidence of this is that are river fish spawn much earlier than say the Lake Washington and Baker lake populations. The river fish from mid-August through September. The Lake Washington fish for example spawn from mid-September into January.

Tight lines
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