With all the talk of closure too, its a shame we can't get more enforcement up there in may. Like Todd stated, thats when it seems like the bulk of the sauk fish are in. I've heard that the sauk fish are the latest spawning native run in the Puget Sound. Not sure how that compares with the rest of the state.

I'm almost glad I'm pretty new to the system and never got to see how good it once was. I was stoked to get 3 hookups most trips this winter/spring and can't even imagine how it must have been.

One other aspect which I know very little about. But what about the heavy netting that takes place lower in the system for springer and 'early sockeye'. How or does it even affect the downstream migration of the native fish??