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Topic: sockeye in the Winchuck!?  (Read 1059 times)

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boxofrain

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So, my buddy lives a quarter mile up the river from the mouth. He paddles the lower river nearly daily for exercise and just the fun of it. For the last few weeks when paddling, he has been seeing a couple of nice fish right at 2' long hanging in the deeper water and they were very bright two weeks ago when I went with him. This week he spotted them again, however they are now a brilliant red body with green head and tail. Can these really be sockeye? I have lived here and fished here most of my life and have never heard of such. I'm hoping Mr. B Steves has an answer for me, or anyone else have a clue as to how and why they may have strayed into the Winchuck.   
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surf12foot

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Actually there where 4 pairs as of last year that returned to the Winchuck. They been there coming back for several years now. As anybody can figure out that's there natural stream. Guess long long ago there was a good run of them in a lot of the streams down there and up the coast too. Just like they had 7 chum salmon return to South Fork of the Coos River last year. My dad use to talk about the canneries that lined the mid section of the Coos River when he was young(worked there to by shotgun shells for duck season)and all the salmon that the canneries would process from the Coos River system. Just like the striped bass over commercial harvesting ended things pretty quickly.
Scott


boxofrain

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Thanks for that info....I had no idea they were ever this far south.
 I'll ask him to keep an eye on them and maybe he's seeing more than a single pair.
 I certainly hope so.
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Hooper

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Great river to go for a paddle in. It's been a few years, but my wife and I used to paddle up it and have a picnic. Also, I remember as a teenager snorkeling in the Smith River in the early summer and being pleasantly surprised to see a school of salmon flash by us. Don't know what kind they were, but probably King or Coho. Haven't done that in years but your experience makes me want to do it again. I hope I see the flashes of the past. Thanks.


crash

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I have heard of sockeye in the Smith before. Cool to hear that the winchuck has a few too.