40# is very possible. Every few of years the nets on the Quileute take a fish bigger than 35. Every year there are multiple fish over 30 taken.

I heard of a 35ish taken the day after Christmas but never saw it. But heard it from three reliable sources.

The biggest ive heared taken out of the Quileute was taken april 91 in a net it was just over 37#.

I heard of a 38# taken on the Hoh a few years ago.

So I do believe in 40# steelhead and this year might be the year we see it.