Salmo, TC:

4Salt posted this on another board..hope its Ok to post here:

"I think that it may also have something to do with the fact that Seattle City Light reduced their outflow from Baker dam to almost nothing 3 years ago around Thanksgiving. (peak chum spawning time) The result was the de-watering of many ESA listed chinook and chum redds, killing millions of eggs.

WDFW may be playing it safe by not allowing chum retention until the full extent of the damage of that fiasco is known. Seems like a good idea to me. "

Mike