The outlook for the 2010 is fantastic. The salmon runs in many main river systems such as the Columbia River are amazing, projecting run sizes that haven't been seen for 60 years. This is attributed from the water conditions and survival rates from a few years back, which as we all know were fantastic fishing. This should make for one action packed summer and one busy fish cutter.
The bottom fishing in our Hecate Strait areas has gotten increasingly better year after year. Much of the success can be attributed to the Rockfish Conservation Area that was imposed on the West Aristazabal area 4 years ago. At first we were a little skeptical of the "No Fish" zone, but since it has dramatically cut down on any commercial fishery in the area, the pressure on the area is minimal and the habitat is now virtually unharmed resulting in incredible fishing for all of our bottom feeding species.
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