Ok it is the Bingham / Springs Coho update time for Nov. 24.

2021 adult Coho H 11,851 W 3270 Jacks 6836

2020 adult Coho H 8516 W 1250 Jacks 3880

As I said before I am using 2020 as a past reference because Wild Coho DID NOT make escapement. That said that the hatchery adult total is running around 29% to 30% above 2020 which means the back side the run is holding its own which is a good thing. The wild adult returns appear to be around 176% of the 2020 returns a really good thing as we are in serous deep crap activating the GH Policy 3/5 clause if we blow escapement this year ! The wild jack returns for 2021 are 362 and 2020 198 which gives us a 2021 W Jack return that is 182% of last year and that is really good news.

So I think we look OK for Coho this year but keep in mind all the tribs below Fuller Hill ARE NOT making escapement most years. I have had questions about Chinook escapement but I really do not know. The Springs numbers are not that substantial for Chinook but outside redd count results which come much later I do not know of a way to get a look at the numbers game with Chinook. I will E mail staff and ask but we may be a bit premature on trying to get Chinook data.

The one thing that jumps at me in looking at the rack returns is Skookumchuck. Remembering that the stock is a later returning fish and IT RAINED EARLY these numbers may or may not be misleading.

2021 H Coho adults 1266 W Coho adults 15 H Jacks 63 W Jacks 15
2020 H Coho adults 414 W Coho adults 4 H Jacks 63 Wild Jacks 1