They just pulled the numbers out of the air - or somewhere else. Last year the WDFW bios closed Area 13 when one of their friends had trouble catching salmon. Problem was, there were plenty of salmon. Perfect example of WDFW "Best Available Science" application! After retired WDFW Officer Greg Haw called them on their stupidity( lies?) They re-opened the season. My experience says the Hoh should be about as good as its going to get this time of year, depending on weather. But, some people can catch steelhead and others can't. The old pro guides from Forks can find them for clients when us part timers sometimes struggle. I no longer trust WDFW stats when it comes to steelhead. The bios will likely concentrate their attention on the guide's catches and extrapolate that number to everyone fishing on the river thus getting exagerated catches. True or not, I had heard that some bios on the O.P. counted encounters as harvest. Dunno if that's true.