I heard that the tribes had already done a "test fishery" in the bay and were disappointed that their haul was only 2500 fish instead of the anticipated 3500. Any truth to that rumor? I guess we will see if they deploy all their nets Sunday as scheduled.
That was no "test" fishery... it was their scheduled 96-hour 2C opener (Humptulips estuary). Nets went in at 2PM Sunday... Mon... Tue... Wed... Thu.... nets out at 2PM.
Not sure about the actual catch landed to date as the "official" numbers seem to be shrouded in great secrecy until they have had the chance to massage them. But there ought to be a dcocument around that spells out what the projected/expected catch should have been as part of the signed co-management plan.
QIN nets hit the rest of the bay and lower Chehalis for 72 hours beginning at noon this Sunday (day before our sport opener)... Mon... Tue... out at noon, then immediately right back to 2C for another 96 hours at noon Tue... Wed... Thu... Fri.. Sat... out at noon.
Right back to the rest of the bay and lower Chehalis at noon on Sun... Mon... Tue... out at noon. Then right back to 2C for another 96 hours Tue... Wed... Thu.... Fri... Sat... out at 2 PM.
Anybody see a pattern here?
QIN nets are basically targeting Chehalis fish 3 days a week and Hump fish 5 days a week. In-river netting in the Hump pretty much mirrors the netting in the Hump estuary, only staggered by a few hours to take advantage of the tides.
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