A thread earlier in the season mentioned that the Skagit isn't open for chum retention this year. The question was addressed by Smalma when he said the preseason forecast is less than the spawning escapement goal. Therefore, there are no harvestabe chum salmon even though there may be a lot of them in the river. I don't recall what the even year escapement goal is, but it's a pretty big number.

Maybe there will be a runsize update. If there is, and the run is larger than previously predicted, then WDFW could open it.

Sincerely,

Salmo g.