Bobber Down, from what I have heard and read, hooking mortality increases significantly the closer to the estuary you get. The adults are very fragile when going through the change from salt water to fresh. Once they get up the river a ways and get acclimated to fresh water hooking mortality goes down. Plus the target fish are from the Wallace Hatchery, a trib of the Skykomish therefore the fishery should be in the Skykomish that way no Snoqualmie fish would be taken.

Beezer