Remember that the factor of "making escapement" is directly tied to the habitat productivity of the system...

"Escapement" numbers are based on the carrying capacity of the stream, the carrying capacity is based on the habitat.

A river "making escapement" right now might still only be producing 5% of the fish it produced historically before overfishing and massive habitat loss...and if habitat were significantly improved on a river, then by all rights the escapement goal should go up, too, along with the actual escapement.

Fish on...

Todd