According to the Seattle Times, the forecast for the fall chinook is greater than the 10-year average and much greater than the 2009 actual return.

Reference:

Seattle Times – Columbia River 2010 Fall Chinook Returns Look Good on Paper
Seattle Times – Big Spring Chinook Returns Predicted for Columbia Tributaries

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The 2009 season is now complete and the crew have finished putting the lodge away for the winter and are heading home top see their loved ones. The weather turned fairly nasty after the last guests departed on Sept.07/09, but the crew worked hard despite the weather and everything was completed on time. Peregrine Lodge would like to take this time to thank the staff for a job well done this season and also to thanks all of our guests for choosing Peregrine Lodge and we hope to host you in the 2010 season. Stay tuned for the top ten Chinook and halibut for this season, we will post the names soon , once we have it compiled.

This is our last trip for the season, the weather cooperated for us and Coho were still showing up in strong numbers,halibut numbers were also good. The largest halibut a 73lb caught by Tom Nellis, Chinook were also strong for our last trip with the largest being a nice 30lb caught by Evan Jouber.

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This trip was the third annual Mercury Big Fish Challenge, hosted by Mark Pendlington of Sports Fishing B.C.and Peregrine Lodge. The Mercury Big Fish Challenge, the first two days of this trip were catch and release of Chinook , the first day saw 5 Chinook released and the second and last day of the derby saw 13 Chinook released and the winner for the total pounds released was Peter Fisher. The next two days saw a total of 34 Chinook retained. Each day saw an increase of fish at Green Point in about 130ft of water. The Chinook were deep, mixed in with coho. Snake Rock had some fish on the first day but the effort went west to the more consistent Green Point. A pair of humpback whales continue to feed with the fishing fleet. Orca’s also gave us a great show with breaches and feeding around the boats. The largest halibut for this trip was 27lbs caught by Joe Morreau and the largest Chinook was  32lbs released by Hunter Moen, which by the way was the first time salmon fishing for Hunter, great to see him release that nice tyee. Our thanks go out to all our derby participants and our sponsors Mercury, Maxima and also to Mark Pendlington , Peregrine Lodge loves to host this event and hopes to continue with this event next year.

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Weather for this trip was your normal Charlotte weather for this time of year. Still lots of coho action on this a total of 130 to be exact and the halibut continue to be in abundance. The Chinooks are still here not in great amounts but still fairly productive. John Middlebro had the largest halibut for the trip at 29lbs. and Roger Bryn had the largest coho weighing in at a nice 17lbs. The largest Chinook of the trip was a beautiful 47lbs caught by Greg Elines.

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Day one storm force winds shut down the fishery, on day two calmer conditions allowed all areas to be open.

Off shore coho’s at about 200ft of water between Green Point and Snake Rock, ling cod were also in the mix with the coho on the inshore of Green Point Tack.
Day three the Chinook showed up at Snake Rock with a very good coho bite also around mid day.

Henry Winkler fishing with Mark Pendlington released a nice 40lb Chinook, which was the largest for this trip, great to see that fish released , thank you Henry.

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Good sea conditions, tight schools of coho with halibut and ling cod mixed in defined the trip.

The coho were concentrated in the west in tight schools feeding on the large amount of bait.
A number of humpback whales were feasting on the bait schools, giving the fleet some great whale watching.

A few Chinook were caught on the traditional points , while the halibut and ling cod were caught inshore with the feed.

The largest Chinook was a 36lb landed by Marty Allard, the largest halibut was 40lbs landed by Jim Allard.

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We had calm sea’s and big tides for this trip, the coho and Chinook were biting according to the tides, with good results in fairly small windows of time.

There was good coho fishing at Green Point, Snake Rock , Parker Point and Bird Rock. Chinook were a little more elusive but some nice ones were taken. Some good halibut production with the calm sea condition’s with the largest weighing in at 60lbs by Christopher Pratt. The largest chinook for this trip was a pair of nice 36lb fish, taken by Davin Hatch and Brad Chaulk.

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Good sea conditions allowed fishing from Wiah Point to Jalun River.

The west side had some consistency with numerous tyee’s taken between Bird Rock, Parker Point and Snake Rock, 5 Chinook over 40lbs were the highlights, Coho are continuing to show some great size, with a 16lb,15lb and a 14lb making our top ten board.

Bottom fishers found their halibut and ling cod between Green Point and Snake Rock off shore.

Humpback whales feeding on a massive school of needle fish off Green Point gave us a great show with hours of surface feeding.

The largest Chinook for this trip goes to David Howe weighing in at 49Lbs. the largest coho goes to Jennifer Jeffery at 16lbs, the largest halibut goes to Dalton Howe at 23lbs.

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The sea’s were calm for this trip, with some very large coho showing up. The lodge record a 22lb. coho that stood for 15 years was broken when Chris Weber landed a 24lb coho, what a great fish. Lots of coho in the 14lb to 16lb size are showing up.

Due to a wind change Chinook were tough to find, those that were caught were in the mid to high  20lb range offering some great sport.

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