Today was the day of the first big North of Falcon meeting on Columbia River fisheries in Vancouver, Washington, which is probably why no Compact teleconference was scheduled. The fishery managers were engaged in face-to-face meetings with fishermen from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Compact, if in fact one was even held, would have been done on the spot, not by teleconference.

Even so, people are wondering what is going on. The test fishing results from Sunday, March 14, 2010 will tell you everything you need to know about whether there will be mainstem fishing time set for Tuesday March 16. In a word, “No.” A total of 16 drifts were made: 6 spring Chinook were caught, 5 lower river and 1 upriver, all marked by an adipose fin-clip; but 17 steelhead were caught, too. The ratio of spring Chinook to steelhead is improving, but there are still 3 steelhead for every 1 Chinook . (Last week the ratio was 8 to 1.)

Test fishing results are appended as a PDF file.

2010 test fish to go

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