ITs all about el nino I think, cuz every river is in the same situation. The funny thing is the hateries, take the cowlitz for example have just as many fish checked in as this time last year. But no one is catching them except for at night, I've seen 4 dif reports stating how awesome the fishing was at night at blue creek and barrier dam. The cow is running very low, 3000 cfs, when the average is like 7 or 8 thousand cfs. So are the fish just moving at night and have lock jaw during the day? I think the fish are out there for every river and are just a little behind becaue of el nino, every run of coho and other salmon species was late this year, there's still a bunch of them milling around barrier dam on the cow even. So maybe the steelies are late too, or new tactics are required for the conditions, like fishing at night where you can.
Waterboy


oh yeah i caught a 30 some pound bright wild chinook hen on the cow a few days after Thanksgiving, that we obviously released. and thats real late for a king.