silver market is closed, and what a day it was.

FWIW- I haven't a clue about Wa. rivers and coho, but after fishing the St. Joe R. in Michigan for 25 years I can humbly report that they virtually never hit. During my earlier fishing years which happened to coincide with some of the best andronomous fish returns ever, I often took days off from work to fish. (I know, I know, how irresponsible,...didn't regret it then and I certainly don't regret it now) At that time I knew the person responsible for counting the cohos passing the ladder at Berrien Springs (first dam from Lake Michigan). During the peak years (15 years ago) it was not uncommon to have 400 fish pass the ladder during 24 hours. For all practical purposes, the casual angler not familiar with historical planting data, predicting future returns or even taking the time to observe fish passing the ladder didn't have a clue. I did, and it was of no help. I tried everything from natal green spawn to spinners. Nothing worked; my only rewards were hooking up with some early steelhead, graciously recieved.

As I stated in my above post, I don't know why and quite frankly, I don't want to know why. If fishing for salmon and steelhead ever becomes an equation, balanced with alpha and beta, hedged with dirivatives, give me my Ugly Stick and I'll just go fishing for surf perch.

Best regards to the board.