Originally Posted By: Lifter99
Larry, I need to correct myself. The Hood canal stray chinook thing was one of the reasons for the lesser season in Area 11. There are other reasons also.


To pursue the Hood Canal strays as a factor.....what is the likelihood that any such strays into south Puget Sound will actually find their way back to the Canal to successfully spawn? Versus becoming a part of the percentage of strays into any given river every year?

Edit: I should have posed the "what if" question: If those strays were to be considered irrelevant to spawning potential in their Canal river(s) and deleted from the modeling what would have been the result in terms of MA 11 (and any others impacted) season(s)?



Edited by Larry B (04/16/19 07:53 AM)
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