Too Many Pink Salmon?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/03/140331-salmon-seabirds-pacific-fish-animals-science/

I would love to do my part to restore the "balance."

I tried my best last year, and went 0/2.  Maybe next year.......

I tried my best last year, and went 0/2.  Maybe next year.......

I did not fare much better. Perhaps 2/10? I hope you meant this year?

I tried my best last year, and went 0/2.  Maybe next year.......

I did not fare much better. Perhaps 2/10? I hope you meant this year?

I am assuming you two are talking about Chinook fishing around here? Unless you traveled pretty far looking for pinks?

I tried my best last year, and went 0/2.  Maybe next year.......

I did not fare much better. Perhaps 2/10? I hope you meant this year?

I am assuming you two are talking about Chinook fishing around here? Unless you traveled pretty far looking for pinks?

Yes, I meant Chinook fishing around here. I think there are pinks off the coast of California also.

I tried my best last year, and went 0/2.  Maybe next year.......

I did not fare much better. Perhaps 2/10? I hope you meant this year?

I am assuming you two are talking about Chinook fishing around here? Unless you traveled pretty far looking for pinks?

Yes, I meant Chinook fishing around here. I think there are pinks off the coast of California also.

I don't know much about pinks, but Ihave heard a few stray here from time to time.

When I fish in Alaska we throw the pinks back or use them for halibut bait because they are considered to be a lesser fish.  Compared to silvers or kings they don't taste nearly as good. 

I don't know much about pinks, but Ihave heard a few stray here from time to time.

Me neither. We need Naoaki and ATD to chime in.

I tried my best last year, and went 0/2.  Maybe next year.......

I did not fare much better. Perhaps 2/10? I hope you meant this year?

Last summer when I made my annual pilgrimage up to Washington I gave it a go a couple times with some NWKA bros. Went out twice for nada.  First one didn't even get hit, second time I had one on for about 10 seconds before it shook the hook.  I SUCK at pink salmon fishing, and will proudly admit it.  They only run every other year, so I will try again in 2015 perhaps.  I hear if you hit the right time place, it is non-stop action.

Last summer when I made my annual pilgrimage up to Washington I gave it a go a couple times with some NWKA bros. Went out twice for nada.  First one didn't even get hit, second time I had one on for about 10 seconds before it shook the hook.  I SUCK at pink salmon fishing, and will proudly admit it.  They only run every other year, so I will try again in 2015 perhaps.  I hear if you hit the right time place, it is non-stop action.

Yeah, if the bite is hot, may have to make a drive up there.

This isn't really a "new" problem.  There's been talk for some years now about what to do with all the damn pink salmon in the Pacific Northwest.  It'd be a helluva lot easier if there was a solid market demand for them, but unfortunately they rank down near the bottom for tablefare.  It was a few years ago, but last I heard commercial guys were lucky to get 13 cents a pound for pinks.

There used to be a couple decent runs of pinks in CA, including a regular run in the Russian River.  These days you hear of a few fish here and there, but not really enough to constitute a "run".

This isn't really a "new" problem.  There's been talk for some years now about what to do with all the damn pink salmon in the Pacific Northwest.  It'd be a helluva lot easier if there was a solid market demand for them, but unfortunately they rank down near the bottom for tablefare.  It was a few years ago, but last I heard commercial guys were lucky to get 13 cents a pound for pinks.

There used to be a couple decent runs of pinks in CA, including a regular run in the Russian River.  These days you hear of a few fish here and there, but not really enough to constitute a "run".

LOL. Forgot you are the fish guy. Wow, folks up North are spoiled with too many "damn pink salmon."

Damn, 13 cents a pound? Are they really that bad?

Perhaps if we humans had not started havesting so many forage fish this would not be a "problem".  This is another great attempt to find a "natural scapegoat" for the long term consequences of 7 billion people demanding fish.


a teaser on forage fish over-harvest.  surprisingly like a lead-up to the Monterrey Bay sardine collapse, but global...
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/02/science/earth/forage-fish-catches-should-be-reduced-report-says.html?_r=0


but otherwise, yeah too many salmon, pink salmon to be exact, so stop hatchery efforts for chinook because they lead to dead birds...  I wonder who paid for this shat?

What about smoking them?  I am amazed at the zombie fish some guys take home to smoke?