Here's an update through October 8th for the commercial fisherman including the selective areas...

--Late-fall mainstem commercial season update: Commercial fishers landed about 539 Chinook, 1,752 coho, seven chum, and 307 white sturgeon for approximately 89 deliveries in Zones 1 - 5 in the second mainstem fishing period this past week (7pm Thursday Oct. 7th to 7am Friday Oct. 8th). Cumulate late-fall season landing totals, so far, are at 7,436 Chinook, 4,310 coho, 13 chum, and 745 white sturgeon. The next fishing period is set for Sunday night (7pm Oct. 10th to 7am Oct. 11th in Zones 1 – 5; 8-inch minimum and 9 ¾-inch maximum mesh size restr.).


As of October 8 (through Week 41), a total of 20,020 fall Chinook, 56,223 coho, and 120 white sturgeon have been landed in all fall Select Area commercial fisheries combined (Youngs Bay, Blind Slough/Knappa Slough, Tongue Point/South Channel, and Deep River (DR through Week 40)).

--Youngs Bay landings have slowed during the last several weeks as commercial fishers landed about 22 Chinook and almost 310 coho during this past week (for season totals, so far, of 8,126 and 26,708 respectively--during August 4 – October 8).

--Now that mainstem late-fall seasons have begun in the lower river, Blind Slough/Knappa Slough fishers landed only about three fall Chinook and 89 coho during the past week for season totals, so far, of 9,696 fall Chinook and 5,121 coho.

--Since mainstem late-fall seasons have begun in the lower river during Week 41, Tongue Point/South Channel fishers landed only just less than ten coho during the past week for season totals, so far, of 1,198 fall Chinook and 6,248 coho.

--WDFW reports totals of 1,000 fall Chinook and 18,146 coho through Week 40 for the Deep River Select Area fall commercial fishery.

Keith