The salmon are coming !

[Beautiful-Fish]

The salmon are coming !
The sockeye run at the lower Columbia River’s Bonneville Dam set a record last week topping half a million fish, the most since the dam was completed in 1938.

The largest sockeye return in 100 years is expected at the Fraser this summer, up to 75 million fish.

A fall chinook run for the record books — 1.6 million salmon, the largest since counting began at Bonneville Dam is forecast for the Columbia River in 2014.

The fall chinook forecast comes on the heels of a prediction for a huge run of 964,000 coho salmon destined for the Columbia River.

Northwest biologists are predicting this fall’s Chinook salmon run will be the largest since 1938 -- the year record keeping began.
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[FishMcFisherson]

I blame global warming.
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[trueblue2]

Its been three years since I was up for the August run. Was planning to go this year, but dread the long haul with the boat. Trying to convince the wife this will be the trip of a lifetime. She's a little leery of that rough water around buoy 10. We had a scary experience coming back over the bar several years ago when a storm came up a chased us back in at the wrong time of the tide. Man ... those standing waves at the bar can get serious!!!

Still think I might go. The thought of all those Kings running gets my heart rate up ... and who knows how many more chances I'll get to go. Maybe I'll try that argument[]

If you get to go have a great time. The third week is the charm.
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[MasterDaad]

Wow that is great news!

I'm headed to Wentachee next week and will be fishing the Columbia for a couple days.
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[Beautiful-Fish]

I always fish east of Buoy 10 a lot safer than crossing the bar ! Better safe than sorry my momma said !

For you guys that have never been there See http://www.salmonuniversity.com/wtc_buoy_10.html
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[WaveWolf]

[#484848]We have fished Buoy 10, and the Tillamook bar, but we like to fish the Nehalem river.[/#484848]
[#484848]I think we may get a record this year.[/#484848]
[#484848]If you drive by, honk and wave.[/#484848]
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[Lundman]

It's also been a couple years since I took my boat up to fish the chinook and thought I would pass along an addition to your boat checklist -- an Invasive Species Stamp is now required in Oregon - $20


[url "http://www.dfw.state.or.us/conservationstrategy/invasive_species/quagga_zebra_mussel.asp"]http://www.dfw.state.or.us/conservationstrategy/invasive_species/quagga_zebra_mussel.asp[/url]

Just the messenger.... It's only $$
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