I got the 280K number from FishBulb... his info is typically GOLDEN. But maybe I misunderstood.

470K less 40% buffer times 1% sport impact allocation divided by 10% mortality = a total handle (H + W) of 28.2K upriver fish.

Lower river sports took 22,641 keepers and released 2,864 wilds for a total handle of 25.5K.

That leaves a handle of 2.7K for upriver guys at the 40% buffered run of 282K.

OK they caught about 6000 fish above Bonne, so you're right. 280K doesn't pay for our rec catches.

28.2K plus another 6K would be 34.2K total handle. That would take a runsize of 342K to cover the wild impact already expended.

Houston... we HAVE a problem. blush
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