Same situation at Neah Bay about same time in Sept. 2001. Last couple of days there salmon fishing slowed quite a bit and we caught a couple macks. As I recall, water temp. came up a tad also. Not nearly as large as the ones in your photos but they fought pretty good. Pretty neat looking fish, though. Brother took them home for smoking but never heard how they turned out. Guys at the marina told us they were trash fish. Sounds like you had fun with the the fly rods and I can only imagine how much fun they would be on light spinning gear. "Trash fish?", no such thing in my opinion.

Thanks for the report.