Baker Lake - Sockeye Reports

We have been receiving a number of Baker Lake Sockeye reports this AM, and it has been everything from skunked to limits depending upon whom you have spoke with. There were approximately 140 - 150 boats on the lake this mornings opener. I was not amazed with this number as I think we had half of them in the shop the past few days gearing up. The Noisy Creek area of the upper lake seemed to produce the best, with good numbers of fish schooled up here. The guys that caught good numbers of these 6 -7 pound fish did best first thing in the morning fishing down at the 25 foot depth range with pink mini squid behind a dodger. This fishery should continue to get better with the number of sockeye being trucked to the lake from the Baker River fish trap.