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Bristol Bay Fisheries Report: July 28, 2021
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In a year of high water, anglers in the Togiak Wildlife Refuge struggle to find fish
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John Jinishian is the owner and lead guide at Alaska Wild River Fishing, which operates out of Dillingham.
Jinishian has guided group trips on the rivers surrounding the bay for seven years. The summer season is packed.
“So we are fully booked up for the season, he said. We had to turn away over a dozen people for this year and re-book some for next year.”
But lots of fishermen doesn’t mean lots of fish. When Jinishian led his first trip of the season July 11-15, he was surprised.
“The fishing last week was as slow as I ve ever seen it on the refuge, Jinishian said. If we had operated the week prior, we would have had nothing to deal with besides resident species, so the fishing was tough from pretty much anyone s perspective.”
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The numbers
The bay keeps pushing the record higher as 64.2 million fish have returned to local waters.
Baywide harvest was 219,000 salmon as the season continues to wind down. Cumulative harvest for all of Bristol Bay is 39.2 million fish. Naknek-Kvichak district especially seems to be calming back down from their recent surge.
Escapement got a light bump despite the Naknek tower no longer reporting. 213,203 fish made it up the rivers, over half of which went to the Alagnak River. Across Bristol Bay’s nine counted rivers, the total escapement is 24.9 million fish.
Nushagak District
Yesterday’s harvest in the Nushagak matched the Wednesday’s numbers at 23,000 fish. Average sockeye per drift delivery were at 252 and the season total harvest is now 17.57 million fish.
Messages to the fleet
To Tom Huffer Sr on Egegik Beach, from Stella: No seats are available on any flights out of King Salmon on Alaska or Ravn. You have your reservations for the 26th as planned. The alternative might be Dillingham. Please turn on the phone so I can call. If anyone hears this on Egegik Beach, please pass this on.
To the hearty fishermen of the Vega!!
We wish you guys good fishing and a safe return to us in Salt Lake City & Flagstaff!! We are proud of y all.
Lizzie, Ron, Jesse, Ciera, the girls and Mom!!
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