North Fork Nooksack Closes

The North Fork of the Nooksack is now closed from slightly above the Kendall Creek Hatchery down to Mosquito Lake Road. The hatchery has not received their required numbers in years so they are trying out a closure. I think it will reopen when they have received their minimum of 80 females.

North Fork Closure

Otherwise, the water was perfect yesterday, and the fish are there. I ran into WDFW Officer on the North Fork the other day. Apparently, they have only three field officers for all of Whatcom County and the San Juan Islands. They just can't have eyes everywhere or man-power. So, it's partially up to us help protect the fisheries we have and report any wrong doing that you might see out there.

I want to give people the Nooksack Fisheries Hotline number again (360-592-5140). This lets you know whether the subsistence gill-netting season is open or not on any particular day. No point in reporting something that is legal. The schedule seems to change weekly but has often been from Sunday through Wednesday.