I see that folks are upset about the B10 and area 11 chinook closure but no mention of area 10. According to the latest info on the WDFW web site area 10 closed with only 69% of the harvest quota reached but was closed because of 159% of the sublegal encounter limit happened. While chinook retention was open the majority of the sublegal chinook we hooked were probably jacks, mature fish of 18 inches up to near the 22 inch legal size. I don't think those are the fish the sublegal encounter limit is trying to protect. I also noticed that the Locks count of chinook entering Lake Washington Is over 10200 as of Wednesday.


There are still plenty of chinook in area 10. This morning in a lazy (8:00 to 10:00) trip near Meadow Point looking for a coho or pink all we hooked were two chinook, both hatchery fish probably 12+ pounds and the brightest, healthy, and strong chinnok we ever hooked in area 10.