Dave Thanks a bunch. I passed on your comments. Maybe they will go ahead make their trip this summer. I hate to see anyone cancel a fishing trip....you don't get that many chances. Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 12:51 AM 7/14/00 -0700, you wrote: >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
