In an age of decline, pinks are one species defying the downward trend. Once viewed as the redheaded stepchild of Pacific salmon because of their diminutive size and mild flesh, pinks are now hotly anticipated. More than 6 million will return to Puget Sound rivers this summer, an amazing figure considering the run was one-tenth this size little more than a decade ago. Because of this life cycle, pinks only return to spawn every other year.
Puget Sound once swarmed with salmon—and salmon fishermen. Now we can get a glimpse of that abundance in odd-numbered years. Puget Sound water is chilly, even in summer, so waders or hip boots make fishing more pleasant. A Washington state saltwater fishing license and catch record card are required available at wdfw. Station yourself where the stream meets the sound.
An even better spot, Golden Gardens Seaview Place NW has plenty of parking, bathrooms and beach for the entire family. Bring beach chairs, a Frisbee and a picnic lunch and make a day of it the best spot is north of the breakwater. Go on a Friday and celebrate your success or curse your bad luck with a brew at the Alki Tavern Harbor Ave. SW; thealkitavern. This can be true—especially when the salmon are feeding on extremely light-averse amphipods and euphausiids—but there are plenty of exceptions to the rule; many a humpy finds itself attached to a fishing lure cast from the beach in bright sunlight.
Getting out of bed before 4 a. Pink lures mimic the food the salmon eat at sea. E; patricksflyshop. NE; metroparkstacoma. The park has easy beach access, and when the tide is low, it feels like you can walk forever not so at high tide, when the beach gets a bit skinny, especially where homeowners have built bulkheads. Go on Saturday afternoon and take a tour of the decommissioned Coast Guard lighthouse between 1 and 4 p. Keep one salmon make sure to immediately record it on the catch record card , clean it and put it on ice until your appetite is primed for fresh barbecued salmon.
Lincoln Park. In the parking lot we spot dozens of headlamps, a sure sign that others suffer from early-morning pink salmon insomnia, too. The shorter journey reduces predation and increases survival. Sometimes pink salmon spawn right in saltwater, avoiding freshwater altogether. Pinks have a very regular life history, living for two years before returning to spawn the next generation.
This is why pink runs in Washington only occur every other year; there are no one-year-old or three-year-old fish to establish runs in the other years. Rearing As mentioned, pink fry do not rear in freshwater.
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