“Turn out the lights, the party’s over”
We gave it our best last ditch attempt, but the late run salmon fishing was just not happening. The water levels and fish counts dropped, the fish stopped biting and that was all she wrote. Everybody knows the salmon runs are limited, but it’s tough when the fall salmon run ends because that’s usually the end of the fishing season and for the next few months; cold, rainy and gray days will be the norm. It’s already started to rain and the high temps for the days are falling short of the sixty degree mark, so all the kayak fishing gear has been packed up and stored away for the winter.
We had a good salmon fishing season; keeping nine chinook salmon, four coho and two steelhead. The spot we fish at most of the time has a lot of native fish, so I released at least as many fish as I was able to keep. Lost a few as well. After last year’s record salmon run, we have to adjust expectations back to a normal season. The weather was mostly good so it was an enjoyable fall fishing season.
Now it’s on to editing the photos and video from the season and posting them on the watermanatwork.com website, we are getting busy with that so keep checking in for new stuff.
Now it’s time to have a few beers, tell fish stories and have some salmon. Then, when the rain stops, get back on the bike and do some riding.