Heck, even I found a bright coho today. Granted, it took me about 4 hours of fishing, but I finally found one. Another hatchery hen... all I seem to be catching this year. This one was small, too. Maybe 4 lbs.

Are the fish in the Satsop (I assume that's where the best numbers are) big, wild ones, or are they dinky hatchery fish like what I was delighted to catch today?

I've heard lots of accounts of small, bright coho being caught in the tribs. I guess I'm wondering if the small size of the fresh fish moving now may be an indicator that the ocean ran out of food or was somehow otherwise inhospitable during the time the wild B runs are usually fattening up in the nearshore areas....