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Columbia River Fall Salmon- Buoy 10 and Klickitat River looking good!

Fall Salmon fishing is looking good for our Columbia River Buoy 10 and Klickitat River fishery.  To summarize today’s meeting- managers are looking for similar Fall Chinook numbers to return and significantly better Coho or Silver numbers.  I currently have a few random seats and a couple days open for each fishery.  Don’t wait if you think you might like to get out.

Summary of 2012 Forecast and Actual Returns and 2013 Forecasts of

 Adult Salmon and Steelhead Returns to the Columbia River.

2012

2012

2013

Species, stock

Forecast

Return

Forecast

Fall Chinook

654,900

525,200

678,600

 
Lower river hatchery (LRH)

128,400

85,000

86,900

Lower river wild (LRW)

16,200

12,100

14,300

Bonneville Pool hatchery (BPH)

60,000

56,900

36,300

Upriver bright (URB)

353,000

295,900

434,600

Snake River Wild (SRW)

15,100

16,800

31,600

Mid-Columbia bright (MCB)

90,700

63,400

97,600

    Bonneville upriver bright (BUB)

23,900

11,600

27,900

Lower river bright (LRB)

700

500

1,300

Pool upriver bright (PUB)

66,100

51,300

68,400

Select area bright (SAB)

6,600

11,900

8,900

Coho

240,800

135,300

433,600

 
Early stock

184,600

96,200

288,500

Late stock

56,200

39,100

145,100

Upriver summer steelhead

364,600

219,900

322,600

 
A-run index (length <78 cm)

311,800

192,200

291,000

B-run index (length >78 cm)

52,800

27,700

31,600

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