Pink Salmon - What's Happening

For those of you that are anticipating this years record pink salmon run, I am please to tell you that they are on the way. Though we have seen the first of the vanguard fish poking their way into our local waters over the past ten days or so, the bulk of the fish are still out in the Straits to the ocean. The boys at Port Angeles said that the numbers that they are catching off the PA spit has ramped up big time this week to a point that those who are targeting Chinook have found them to be a sore point of contention with the pinks grabbing just about anything that is presented in front of them. We have heard the beach fishermen off the west side of Whidbey have been getting greater number of pinks virtually every day. I would have to say by this next weekend we should be seeing good numbers of pinks in our local fishing area. Just a note - Remember that Areas 8-1 & 8-2 do not open up until August 1.