We've had a lot of discussion on this board about the LONG odds of chinook surviving the killing fields of northern intercept fisheries for 3, 4, 5, even 6 years. Old Harbor is just one of those places where it's real easy to see that they're exploiting kings that obviously do not spawn in Kodiak. And to be absolutely clear, it's certainly not unique in that regard. Hundreds of small coastal fisheries are intercepting salmon originating from basins far removed from the point of capture.

I tried to interject those thoughts on the AK board last year. Click on the thread below to see how well these ideas were received....

http://forums.outdoorsdirectory.com/showthread.php/80869-early-early-EARLY-morning-bite!