So on another note... when the Hump hasn't made wild coho escapement but once in the past 20 years (OK, mebbe twice)... I have three theories.

1) If they behave anything like their hatch counterparts, they're simply disappearing into that HUGE black hole we call the mark-selective ocean fishery off of Westport (MA 2). When your sorting thru 5-10 wilds to find a hatch turd for the box, that's a lot of crab food.

2) When inriver guys are sorting thru 4-8 wilds to find a hatch keeper, ain't no way in hell an entire escapement of wild coho ain't making it to the river.... just sayin'

3) Mebbe.... just mebbe... the spawner survey crew is focusing on the WRONG index stretches of the river to find their wild escapement.

4) OK... I lied, there's more than three. Mebbe... just mebbe.... the escapement goal is wrong. For the record, I believe the other three theories are inordinately WAY more plausible.