North Coast Salmon Update

While this year's Skeena sockeye fishery has been dismal, an above average sockeye return on the Nass resulted in additional north coast openings for commercial fishermen who were unable to fish the Skeena.

LINK (via: The Terrace Standard)

Meanwhile, the steelhead return numbers on both the Nass and the Dean are running lower than average, coincidence or the basic result of too much non-selective fishing?

LINK (North Coast Steelhead)

Yellowstone makes headway in war on lake trout

Fewer lake trout are being caught per net in Yellowstone Lake, marking a turning point in the effort to knock the invasive species out of the big lake.

LINK (via:The Great Falls Tribune)

Swedish Meatballs

Swedish men warned of crotch chomping fish.

The fish species is more usually found in warmer climes, and has a reputation as something of a ball breaker among male swimmers, an expert confirmed for The Local.

LINK

A plateful of pike tacos is suddenly sounding delicious

The disturbing scuttlebutt coming out of the Cutthroat Anglers fly-fishing shop in Silverthorne appears to have some teeth. Along with word-of-mouth reports, one of the shop's guides has visual confirmation on a 36-inch northern pike being caught, and unfortunately released, in the Colorado River at Pumphouse Recreation Area.

LINK (via:The Denver Post)

Always Report Poachers

An undercover operation in Snohomish County by Washington state fish and wildlife agents has netted two men with suspected ties to an international fish-poaching ring.

The men are accused of illegally selling caviar, steelhead and salmon. One of the men admitted to illegally "snagging" at least 100 pounds of steelhead, prosecutors said.

LINK (via: The Herald Net)

Here's Something You Don't See Everyday

Albert DaSilva caught this 16-pound dorado while fishing for tuna 35 miles out of Ilwaco, WA on Thursday. 

Dorado are a rare catch in the Pacific Northwest — so rare, none has ever been registered as a record sportfish catch in Washington.

LINK (via:The Spokesman Review)