This is the beginning of the season that is roughly a month and a half long, which explains why we wait around anxiously for 10 and a half months for it to begin.  For us fishermen a prime fish to eat, and a fish that’s willing to bite is an absolute dream come true. Typically our sockeye run shows up in force to the tri cities area in mid June which it did again this year. this is one of the most target rich salmon fisheries that we have in eastern Washington as the fish are non-stop blowing by us as were anchored, fishing for them.  HOWEVER, our high water that we typically have that time of year in which we rely heavily upon for the fish to bite well only lasted about the first week or so.  unfortunately for us this made for some rather unpredictable fishing in the area.  Some days were absolutely lights out, while others were just dud.  We figured a couple of things out, like moving out when the water fell off that helped big time. But finding areas in the hanford reach with the heaviest current possible seemed to be the golden ticket! luckily we’ve had lots of days on the water fishing for these guys and we were able to get some action out of the fish each and every day with plenty of opportunity.

         With the way that our dams control our water level in the hanford reach it was and usually is pretty important that the fishing day starts as early as possible.  We know that the 4:00 departure times aren’t easy for everyone but its totally necessary!  When the water levels dropped off, so does the fishing!