I did not make it up to fish CQ this year, but could it have anything to do with the amount of fish present and/or the fact that hatchery fish do not bite as well?
Visit any hatchery that raises coho and you will see that they are getting plenty. I talked to a friend that works for WDFW at the Minter Cr. salmon hatchery (South Sound), he told me that in mid October they had 18,000 ad clipped coho back to the hatchery and were still approaching the peak. The previoups record for returning adults to that facility was 11K and some change. I will try to get the most recent numbers soon. Why were more of these not caught at CQ and PA and in the sound? Would raising the number of hatchery coho that we can keep be considered? Or let the tribes net in front of the hatchery where fewer wild fish would be intercepted, I always thought a good spot for them to net would be a fish ladder, can't be much more selective than that.

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