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Following huge days for fishing, harvest numbers dropped slightly Saturday but were still strong. Total harvest is now just over 20 million. That’s almost double the harvest totals from this time last year. Escapement swelled bay-wide Saturday with now 6.5 million salmon returned.

The Nushagak fleet had another million-day catch on Sunday, but Egegik wasn’t far behind. Ugashik fisherfolk continue to bring in the biggest loads as the bay-wide run edges near 30 million fish.

The Nushagak District had its third-largest single day harvest with about 1.78 million salmon caught and Egegik fishers saw another 1.2 million in their nets as well. The bay-wide run is now 34.4 million fish.

Another day, another million-fish catch in the Nushagak. Harvest in that district is already the fourth-largest on record. After a lull, escapement up rivers on the West Side jumped on Tuesday. Egegik fleets brought in almost a million fish as well.

Egegik fishermen hauled in the bay's biggest harvest on Saturday. Ugashik fishermen hauled in the smallest, but their drift deliveries were huge. Sockeye runs to Nushagak and Wood rivers were over 200,000. We also have revised numbers for the Nushagak's king escapement.

The Nushagak District broke the record for single day harvest: The fleet caught 2.46 million salmon on Thursday. Average drift deliveries there had more than 2,000 sockeye. Ugashik fishers are still bringing in the heaviest loads.