A buddy of mine notified me of the swinomish commercial fishing schedule for today through july 14th or so. Starting today there is a continuous commercial tribal sockeye fishery out in the bay that will extend through mid July. That's 24/7 for the next month! On top of that for the next month they are netting the skagit Tuesday through Saturday! I have heard they've already reached their chinook quota.

Call this number: 360-466-4112 and listen to the prompts. Hit #1 for swinomish and then hit #2 for fin fish. Here you can listen to the rules for the tribal sockeye fishery in the bay, marine area 8 and the skagit river. You will notice that chinook by-catch must be brought in for "sampling". If they've already reached their chinook quota, that seems fishy...

Here's my question: is this years tribal fishing season any different than last year for sockeye? I love that lake fishery and have been excited for this years run since it ended last year. I'm just hoping for a good opportunity for baker lake sockeye as I'm sure many of you are as well. last year we saw some great fishing. I hear the plunkers did ok yesterday as well.