Fishing Report September 2010

This year has been interesting and very productive from a fishing perspective. Our saltwater fishing season was great with lots of big Chinook (King) Salmon, Halibut, and Rockfish. As projected the year was a success, the biggest story however was the incredible return of Sockeye Salmon to BC's river systems.

Sockeye have been suspect over the last few years with an emphasis on Fraser River stocks. There is an on going inquery into the Fraser River returns with only 12% of projected stocks returning to their natal streams in 2009. 2010 was under the microscope and didn't disappoint anyone. The sockeye returns coast wide were more of a surprise with essentially triple the projected numbers of fish returning this summer. The Adams River stock is always strong but this year it accended to a level not witnessed since 1912. DFO has some science that is working but Mother Nature still has many mysteries that will never be solved in our lifetime. Cold water is the obvious reason things were better but what about the rest? Our local stocks that return to the Stamp Somass river system in Port Alberni mirrored the success of their Adams River cousins. Good returns of Sockeye would also indicate a similar return of steelhead bing that they share a simlar food source and migration. There is a sense that the best is yet to come......

This month is the beginning of our freshwater fishing season. Initially we will target returning salmon stocks in local river sysytems and as the fall sets in we will be targeting Summer Run Steelhead on the fly.

Take a kid fishing! Enjoy our natural resource to the maximum with your family and friends and go fishing.

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