The ocean conditions played a huge part in the success of the salmon runs as of late.

As for speculation, the flood was five years ago. It completely rebuilt and refreshed the spawning beds that Man has destroyed for so many years. Not to mention some of those upper rivers that people simply couldn't get to with the roads washed out (a la Clackamas River).
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