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07/17/2020
Sockeye Salmon
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07/17/2020
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Living in Brewster I always look forward to the summer salmon season on the upper Columbia. A cool June and a quality snowpack has kept the Okanogan running cooler and dirtier later into the summer. This allowed many of the salmon entering the Brewster pool to continue on their journey in the absence of the thermal barrier. However, recent onset of hot weather and arrivals of large numbers of Sockeye have set things in motion and the Sockeye bite has been nothing but phenomenal for the past week.

I have been doing best with Double D dodgers or Luhr Jensen Herring dodgers with a pink hoochie 15" behind it tipped with coon shrimp Fish are running 10-20' deep.


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afk
7/22/2020 7:11:10 AM
Keep up the good work!
Conradlam
7/22/2020 8:49:01 AM
Thank you!!!!!!
cwbraue
7/22/2020 8:55:42 AM
Nice fish!
salmonbarry
7/22/2020 5:47:34 PM
Great report as always! Thanks for sharing you knowledge of all these fisheries with us!
rbrooks9331
7/23/2020 8:40:16 AM
Thank you for our detailed video and report! That is very helpful. I am still trying to learn how to do a better job at filleting a fish. I usually have one side that is okay, but the other... well, not so great. Tips and suggestions anyone?
hinds2912
7/23/2020 9:42:58 AM
Personally I think an electric fillet knife helps a lot... although it's easier to blow through a backbone... I use a 12v Rapala knife for everything from Crappie and Perch up to Fall Chinook! I never leave home without it!
hinds2912
7/23/2020 9:47:43 AM
oh... for chinook I had to get the longer blades... they are usually displayed near the knife at sporting good stores.
hewesfisher
7/23/2020 9:34:41 AM
Yet again another top quality report and video. :-)
hinds2912
7/23/2020 9:45:19 AM
Thank you for the detailed report! I keep meaning to try this fishery and you gave enough tips to get a person started. Greatly appreciated!
Ben Eggertsen
7/23/2020 10:37:57 PM
Another thoroughly informative and enjoyable report. Just to confirm, the limit is two sockeye per day - correct? A friend told me you could catch two chinook in addition (if you were lucky or good enough).
uplandsandpiper
7/24/2020 4:00:40 AM
Yes two Sockeye. Two hatchery Chinook.
greenrowboat
7/24/2020 2:04:21 PM
Enjoyed your small boat fishing trip, like a hatchery! Must be nice using your FF only to not hit an obstruction. I set the drag on one pole lighter and turn the reel "click" ON to notify me of strikes, rather fish-on. Saves watching both. You can enhance the taste of the meat by cleaning after conking ASAP after netting- not let fish hit boat or items (while in net) to bruise the meat there- sending even more adrenaline and acid to permeate. If you pulled that fish from a live well, great, otherwise it starts to decompose on micro level after death starting in stomach. Stringers send much more go-juice to the meat for a longer period of time. Bleed the spine blood-line to rid of acids and store fish in swimming position next to ice (plastic between) to drain the meat. 30 seconds equals double adren.- 2nd chart--http://itech.fgcu.edu/faculty/ndemers/Demers%20CBPa.pdf
Fresh fish- https://www.in-fisherman.com/editorial/how-to-keep-fish-fresh/156660
"Storing whole fish"- https://www.chefs-resources.com/seafood/how-to-store-fresh-fish/

Only sharing links to thank you for sharing with us, Gary
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