My 2 cents, for what it is worth. Many places, including Port Hardy, Hakai Pass, Campbell River, Ketichakan, etc, are very run run-timing dependant....even at "prime time", chinook fishing in these areas can be totally dead. I prefer to take a risk on weather in a location where the fishing is generally not run timing dependant...such places would include more typical "feeding ground" fisheries like the west side of QCI, northwest coast of VI, POWI, etc. These areas also have "fall back" spots to fish if the weather is bad. We have fished the northwest coast of VI in early August for the last eight years, and have always had decent, and often exceptional, chinook fishing.