Jim, It was I that posted the report from northern BC. We were actually keeping a count of the fish that were marked vs. those that were not in order to help the powers that be decide if they should have an opening. I believe they will be making some kind of determination on the 15th during a conference call. What we experienced as wierd, one day they were virtually all wild. The next day, virtually all hatchery, then the next day mixed. It didn't make much sense. All in all, it was about 60:40 wild:hatchery on our catch, which was probably in the neighborhood of 80-100 fish over a one-week period. I believe that unless there is a significant targeted harvest of these fish by commercials, we will see these fish in Washington and should see many of them in the Strait in the next month or so. I really don't know where the bulk of the Washington fish would be headed, but with the numbers we saw, it should positively impact our state pretty significantly. -Dave ------------------------------------------------------- David Weitl mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Poulsbo, Washington WA Statewide Fishing Reports http://www.nwfishing.com "The gods do not deduct from a man's allotted span the hours spent in fishing" -- Babylonian Proverb -----Original Message----- From: Jim Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 10:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Coho A few days ago there was a report on the list regarding large numbers of Coho in Canadian waters this summer. Unfortunately, I deleted the e-mail so don't know who sent the report. A couple of questions....Do you have any idea of the mix of fish, that is hatchery and wild? Secondly would you expect these fish to impact the fishing at Sieku? I am asking for friends who fish Sieku every year. Of course they are limited to keeping fin clipped Cohos. They like to put a few fish in the freezer and had about decided to give up their trip to Sieku this summer. Thanks in advance. Jim Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
