This BB is as much entertainment as informative sometimes. The thread about the Skookumchuck and salmon for the freezer which led mostly to a string of replies about its status as a zipperlip is but a recent example. Did anyone notice that topic was begun by Hobiecat's third post? Maybe he didn't know he was inquiring about a zipperlip and that most BB members disdain mentioning such rivers on the web. If this is really important, then this BB does need a censorship filter, like the sites that screen out swear words. I'd like to see the list of well known rivers that the members suggest be screened out as zipperlips! LOL.

My thought is that zipperlips don't have fish hatcheries and large rearing/release ponds or large developed parking lots, for starters, but I realize opinions may vary. I think the Skook really was a zipperlip back before Pacific Power built the steam plant and the fish hatchery. Then there was nothing but wild cutthroat, steelhead, and usually fewer salmon around. And no parking lots because there were very few fishermen.

Another funny thing about that thread is that no one just gave a simple answer to Hobiecat's question. Like maybe: most salmon are pretty dark by the time they enter the Skookumchuck. Anglers wanting a few salmon for the freezer or smoker get a better quality fish by fishing the lower reaches of the Chehalis River, to which the Skook is tributary.

LZZ, buddy, you got to stay off the computer after closing down the bar. You become your own worst nightmare when you do that. Same thing happened last year, remember?

Sincerely,

Salmo g.