Coho -
If you are interested in the relative numbers of hatchery and wild chinook in the Skagit river you may wish to view the following web site from the North of Falcon Process -

http://wdfw.wa.gov/fish/northfalcon/chinook.htm

Rmember that the forecast numbers are for the total run prior to any fishing. Once the fishing imapcts are factored in (including catches in BC and Alaska) only about 2/3 of the forecast numbers reach the river.

While there are decent numbers of hatchery spring chinook returning to the Skagit the numbers of hatchery summer and fall fish (those returing now) is quite low (less than 3% of the summer/fall total run). Anyone fishing in the middle and/or lowere Skagit at this time of year will be catching almost entirely wild fish. Once the various marine fisheries have had their impacts there will not be enough wild chinook to met either the fall or summer escapement gaols.

There has been discussion of the potential for a limited fishery targeting hatchery spring chinook. It would likely be limited to the upper river (Rockport to the Cascade) and the month of June. The limited season of course would be designed to reduced to the ESA wild spring and summer/fall stocks. with this river fishery or any others that you or other anglers maybe interested in it is important that folks get involved in the North of Falcon salmon season setting process. In the past river fishers have been later absence from those discussion with the result that when seasons are crafted you get just the leavings. If you don't get in involved don't whine about the lack of opportunity.

Tight lines
S malma