That graph just published by the ADF+G shows the story. I hate to be a ' I told ya so' kind of guy but....this river is a dynamic place so when I saw other Alaska Rivers as well as the Kenai rebounding from the poor runs of 3 years ago I figured this would be the year we would return to a semblance of normalcy around here.
The blue is 2014 and the black 2015. The black equals the lower end of our escapement goals being met by the end of the run on July 1st. So.....draw the red line out on the same angle and walla, we'll at least meet the upper end of the goal, we have over TWICE as many Kings in the river as we did on this date last year.....so it's real simple. LET"S GO FISHING. I expect ADF+G will announce catch and release fishing real soon, it should have been allowed from the get go but that's another story.
So for us, the salmon, our town, our culture and even ADF+G this is great news.
Now the ADF+G in the paper today says the run could be early. That's great news and no reason not to fish. We know that all salmon runs make a bell shaped curve on the graph so as the 'bell' gets bigger it starts sooner and lasts longer as you can see in the graph above. So if any of you are wondering why we're not fishing today e-mail this guy....let him know, it's time to go fishing, that is if he believes in his own data.
robert.begich@alaska.gov
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