I myself have seen fish in the 80lb plus category in the elwha. I hooked and landed some in the 40 to 50 lb. class on accident during the silver season, early. I tied into one one time that was probably 70 plus, but kicked my butt. There out there in Washington to, just not as much traffic as Alaska by far, so you don't see them as much. just 2 cents, tight lines everyone