DW and I hit the send button at about the same time but a little more. Last years season this years forecast and remember we were down two weeks last year. Wild Coho number here as hatchery are not the limiter, the freshwater impact number ( dead adult ) is 3450, bay 580, commercial 627, and then the Chehalis Tribal is 251 for a total NT impact of 4657. So with somewhere around 2006 wild Coho impacts available 2021 and subtracting Chehalis tribal 251 we will have somewhere around 1755 for our NT fisheries.

So bottom line is whatever this season is it will restrictive from recent seasons. To be blunt everyone is going to take a real hit and big time guys. Two ways to do this reduce time fishing or reduce harvest success be it C&R or other restrictions. If we do time then it is an additional two weeks or so putting the season opening somewhere around 15th of October for lower river Fuller Hill down and backing the date down similar upper basin and tribs. The other way is to fish early and go to you run out of impacts my guess being closing around mid October for the year. The big dog here is freshwater guys as that is where our harvest numbers go but the bay is in the same situation just different time line. C&R is difficult also with mortalities which can be reduced but nobody will like what that means. There are no easy answers to this one folks.