It seems to never stop, the Adams River Run is not letting up , they continue to move through Johnston Strait and Juan De Fuca in massive schools ! My prediction of 10 million Sockeye has to be revised to a 20 Plus Million , the numbers coming in from the Test The Sockeye fishing yesterday at both marine entrances were staggering in numbers ! Area 13 off Hope Island and Roller Bay at the top of Vancouver Island had a test seine boat catching 52,200 Sockeye for 6 sets of the net, that is a unbelievable catch ! The Skipper reports Jumping and Fining Sockeye for miles around !

I wait for the end of the run to pass by the entrances for it should happen now and it does not , they just keep coming and coming in from the Pacific Ocean ! The Fraser Rivers outer Banks in about 30 fathoms are the collecting place for these great schools of Sockeye. We can only hope that the river water temperature can return to about 17 to 18 c and provide a easy swim home for the 6 pound Sockeye !By about the Aug. 26 the waiting Fraser River Sockeye will be hard to catch as their attention will be on moving into the river, the migration home and of course spawning !

Yes I have found that many Adams River Males and Female Sockeye in the past paired up off the mouth of the river before starting the big river Migration ! What triggers the move into the river by the bulk of the Adams run is sometimes the week of a “Full Moon” and a big flood tide usually in the evening ! So now they keep coming and waiting in deep water off the river for the right time to ride on a fast moving “Salt Water Wedge” that fans back and forth in the river !

Its a kind of mysterious magic time ,” The time to “Go Home from the Salt Water ” has been agreed upon, the air is electric and the smells of migrating Sockeye is in the air and on every river wave they fin and jump ! Yes it is a happy time for all that have escaped the nets , sealions and seals, their challenge now is the Fraser River ! The river is running with a volume of about 22% less than average for this time of year, yes it will be a difficult river migration ! I know those paired Sockeye can make it home , for” Sockeye Love” is also something very wonderful and special for me !

Terry ” From the North Arm of the Fraser River”

Someone notes… Terry! We have had some cooler weather.

Hi Sockeye Friends

Yes the cooling trend in the river is a good sign, the Adams Sockeye run is hopefully going back to their old migration timing and that is great news if it happens !

The F. R. true late runs of Sockeye have been entering the river very early over the past 2 cycles ! Late moving straight into the river means more time in fresh water and with this comes pre -spawning mortality on a large scale ! For some unknown reason the sockeye are back close to the old inriver migration timing !

The run is very large and the Sockeye are fairly small for Adams Sockeye around 6 pounds and are Acclimatizing to fresh water . They will quickly become” Water Marked”, Turning to Spawning colors and are less desirable visually to the consumer as a Fresh Sea-run Sockeye !The rush to harvest “surpluses to spawning needs” will be taking place very soon on the outer banks !

Taking out the harvestable surplus now and a very hot Early Sept.,this could quickly develop into much higher river temperatures and sockeye death ! The inriver Pre. Spawning death of huge amounts of Sockeye Salmon that could spawn sucessfully, now could become a reality !

This is again a mixed Sockeye Run of many sub dominant runs of fish and of course all will be harvested no matter if some of the small runs need to be conserved ! ! ! When will the Adams and other true late Sockeye enter the river on mass, well that is a very tough question for the scientists to answer, “Only the Salmon Know” ! The run stalling out off the Outer Banks of the Fraser River is a welcomed return to a normal Adams River Sockeye Run migration pattern, but they must not wait too long as they did in 1958 and other years !

A big soaking B. C. rainstorm event, one week before or after a Full Moon ,on a big flood tide, that is my crystal ball in river migration prediction !

Terry ” From the North Arm”

Reports of Gillnetters sinking nets in Johnston Straits and seine test boats having days of 56,000 Sockeye in the net and 3 miles of sockeye jumping in J. Straits .

Locally Sockeye are now jumping all along Bowen Island and into English Bay, is this a F. R. Sockeye season like in 1901, sure is starting to look something like it ! Give them Adams Socks. lots of cool water to spawn in and get ready for a spectacular event on the Adams River and the near by lake shores ! One big evening tide under a full or Waining Moon in the mouth of the Fraser and the huge river migration will begin ! Do not miss it ! Its the” Full Moon River Tide” either in the end of Aug. or the Harvest Moon of Sept. when the big run of Sockeye will move into the river,Yes for sure it will happens only if the water conditions suit them ! Give them about 12 days to reach home from the mouth of the river, if conditions are favourable ? Need lots of Big Rain all over B. C. and we need it soon !

Terry “From the North Arm of the Fraser River”