Some interesting data can be mined from the hatchery escapement reports. Skookumchuck is acutally running closer to 7 times the number than last year. Last years showed no wild fish yet, but this years has 8 to the hatchery so far. The end of the season only showed 20 fish last year, so this years run looks to be better. The Wynochee is showing essentially the same number of wild fish at the dam as last year, 31 this year vs. 30 last year. The Humptulips is showing almost 40% more hatchery steelhead back this year as compared to last year at the same time. It will be interesting to see what happens, but at worst the high water appears to have allowed the wild fish to come back at normal numbers and to be allowing many more hatchery fish to come back. So, if the run was allowed to be open and the closure based off the fact that numbers appear to be coming in as predicted, what are they basing this one? And, since the rivers closed do not have an early hatchery season, if the plan was to close it regardless based off numbers, why did they open it at all. Doesn't make any sense to me at all.