#112139 - 04/19/01 06:48 PM
Re: Next year's springer return?
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Spawner
Registered: 10/18/00
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Loc: Washougal, WA
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From the Outdoor Section (By Allen Thomas) of the Vancouver based newspaper The Columbian.
"There's already a bit of bright news on the horizon for 2002.
This year's return of jack chinook, fish which come back a year earlier than their siblings, is tracking about 50 percent of the 2000 count.
But remember, the 2000 count was a record high. The 2001 jack count is about five times the 10-year average.
That portends a goodly number of 4-year-old chinook for next season. This year's massive number of 4-year-olds should mean a healthy bunch of 5-year-olds in 2002.
So while it's far too early to make any predictions for 2002, there's some reason for optimism."
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#112140 - 04/19/01 06:50 PM
Re: Next year's springer return?
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Anonymous
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Eric, by all indications, including large jack counts again, all salmon and steelhead runs should be great for at least next season and very likely beyond. The reason of course is the much improved ocean feed conditions brought on by the shift from El Nino currents to La Nina. Weather and marine biologists had predicted a couple years ago that this would last 2 or 3 years but have revised that upward to possibly several years. How about that!!! Yeehaw!
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#112141 - 04/19/01 07:40 PM
Re: Next year's springer return?
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Returning Adult
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Loc: Yakima Wa. U.S.A.
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Rt, another reason for the great return is we had plenty of water to spill to get the smolts out. I'm sure you know we are going into a drought year so we won't have any extra water to spill for the smolts. Like you said we should be o.k. for the next 2 or 3 years, after that the out look is grim. Jim Marquis (The Duck)
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#112143 - 04/19/01 10:52 PM
Re: Next year's springer return?
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Anonymous
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Jeff, I didn't hear about the low jack count over Bonny (don't touch that one 'Yall ). I hope it picks up dramatically. To answer your question, they got the 50% figure from the Vancouver Columbian article above your post. ... But I have heard about plentiful jack returns in many non-damned rivers region wide as well. It is unfortunate about this drought as the ocean finally gets productive again. With more rain to go along with more fish next fall/winter/spring seasons we should be yelling "another one on" often! [ 04-19-2001: Message edited by: RT ]
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