Strike Zone,

You're cracking me up if the late 80s and early 90s were "back in the day." I didn't know you're such a punk kid! However, just read your post. You "know" because you were going to fish for Satsop springers with a guide, but didn't. Hmmm, come on now, is that what passes for knowledge out in Covington or Hobart? I didn't say there never were springers in the Satsop, but I was the young guy in the early 70s going through all the really old boxes of Chehalis basin fisheries data in the basement when WDF was in the GA building, and there were no official or unofficial records of them.

Rvrguy,

Yeah, there is enough anecdotal information to reasonably confirm a consistent Wynoochee population. Why the lack of any official records, I don't know, maybe for the same reason the Newaukum spawners weren't singled out separately from Chehalis springers in those days.

Drifter,

Make me cry! Worman's is where I caught my 2nd, 3rd, and 4th steelhead, and was the first time and place I'd ever seen a driftboat. Three or four driftboats on a Saturday meant it was the peak of the season and pretty heavy traffic in those days. Jet boat? What's a jet boat? I thought the Chehalis basin, Satsop included, were open only to April 15 back then, not the end of the month. However, some say my memory is slipping lately.

Sg