So here comes another year of sockeye I have been watching the counts and by all means there not very good compared to last year at this point but hey why not get up at 2am make the long drive beat the crowd and fish I started out at the north end of the lake with about 20 other boats at first light on my second pass bam fish on a good 7lb hen I was thinking hey this might be a good day but well we all know baker and by 830 I only had 1 other bite with no fish so I decided to venture so I packed up and headed south found a area that looked fishy and with only 4 other boats even within sight and bam fish on the first pass and probably the best fight I have ever had for a sockeye turned out to be 9lbs at this point I was once again thinking I'm gonna vet my limit only 2 mire to go but after that second fish I lost 3 other fish in the matter of a hour and a half so really not a bad day just need more fish in the lake the water temp was 67 up north but only 62 down south don't know if that is why I had way more action but hey I will take it