Sockeye on the Skagit: 2014

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Norm
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Re: Sockeye on the Skagit: 2014

Post by Norm » Tue Jul 01, 2014 10:28 am

If its open

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Re: Sockeye on the Skagit: 2014

Post by natetreat » Tue Jul 01, 2014 2:00 pm

It will be. They're just taking their time.

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Re: Sockeye on the Skagit: 2014

Post by Bodofish » Tue Jul 01, 2014 4:59 pm

gotta have more than a hand full of fish..........
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Re: Sockeye on the Skagit: 2014

Post by Hepker » Tue Jul 01, 2014 6:39 pm

how do fish get up to baker lake with all the dams in the way? are there ladders on all of them? i take it there is typically a season for fishing sockeye in the lake?

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Re: Sockeye on the Skagit: 2014

Post by TheRealSalmonerd » Tue Jul 01, 2014 6:57 pm

WDFW traps them at the dam and trucks them up to the lake. It is pretty amazing to fish saltwater trolling gear for salmon in a lake high in the mountains. Very unique fishery.

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