Just got back from Cathlamet where I spent the last 3 days. Fish were way less numerous than last weekend but still pretty nice - we would up with 3 20 pound keepers for 3 days plus some more wild fish released and even more fish crackered off, including one that took a 3 foot leap, zeroed in on the leader like a smart bomb, came down on it with open mouth, and sliced it off clean Also tons of sea lions, and I got one fish that had a gash nearly clear around it's belly and was trailing guts - still ate the herring though

I also hear from a reliable source that the river may be shut down for good after today - between the overharvest by the commercials, the pittance we possibly injured by releasing them, and huge allocation that has to be dedicated to upriver tribal non-selective fishing impacts the allowable impact on upriver ESA fish has been exceeded. We'll know by Tuesday so they say