Delaying the publication of the numbers at this critical stage certainly fuels speculation. Here is my Conspiracy Theory:

I think WDFW is figuring out how to spin the numbers before they post them. There are 2 interesting scenarios:

1. the counts are way high, such that WDFW has to either justify their comical 1-day sport fishery, or add a day or two

2. the counts are way low, such that WDFW has to cancel the 1-day season or risk blowing the 350,000 goal