RSSLake Wenatchee getting closer to sockeye season
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YAKIMA -- The much-anticipated prospective sockeye fishery on Lake Wenatchee is getting closer to becoming reality, but not enough of those good-eating sockeye have arrived yet for fish managers to set a season.
That could happen by late next week, though.
About 27,000 sockeye are needed at the lake to meet escapement goals and justify a fishery. As of Tuesday, the sockeye count at Tumwater Dam -- the last place on the Wenatchee River where the salmon are counted on their way to Lake Wenatchee -- was at about 17,000.
So anglers are still waiting for the announcement. And ringing state fish managers' phones off the hook.
"We've had a lot of calls -- eastside, westside, Yakima. Everybody's interested if we're opening it," said state Department of Fish and Wildlife regional fish program manager Kirk Truscott. "It's understandable. It's a great little fishery."
About 18 percent (38,000) of the 213,500 sockeye already counted through Bonneville is believed to be headed for Lake Wenatchee. For the last week and a half, the daily count passing through Tumwater has been averaging above 1,000.
Anglers should check the WDFW's web site (wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/) or its fishing hotline (360-902-2500) for the announcement of the emergency rule change.
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