Thanks Junky,

It's really simple once the basic math is entered into a spreadsheet. After that it's just a simple matter of entering the counts and Excel does the rest.

I'm really surprised to have hit so close to the managers estimates considering how much better data they have to work with. I guess we all get lucky once in a while.

Here is a chart showing how the prediction changes day to day.



From: WDFW Anouncement...
"The fishery was announced Monday after state and tribal salmon co-managers reviewed updated weekend counts of sockeye from the Ballard Locks and agreed to update the strength of the sockeye run estimate to 385,000 fish. The spawning escapement goal for Lake Washington sockeye is 350,000 fish."