PhishPhreak,

You are right about misdirection. Some (I think they are in minority) do it. Not that FishinSinsation's post is not accurate but one time we ended up going to Satsop since we were in that area and despite the bad fishing reports, the fishing was good and everyone we talked to said that fishing had been hot for the past few days. For most parts you will get an accurate info but don't bank on it.