Quinalt doesn't have a springer program nor, i believe, any semblance of a wild run....perhaps the odd stray.

It does have sockeye......a run native to the system and in the lake as we speak. probably a few trickling into the upper river now, more so in the month ahead.

I'm not in tune to the summer salmon regs for upper quinalt and don't know the history of those regs because I've never targeted upper quinalt salmon. I have been under the impression talking with locals that the upper river has not been open for salmon in years past. Maybe I'm off-base. I do know the sockeye run has been depressed for decades and efforts continue to rebuild the run.....seems odd they'd open it to retention at this time???