Originally Posted By: fish4brains
And I think it's asinine to think the Chehalis spring chinook run is healthy enough to have a directed fishery. Paper fish or not. But then again, the game is about harvest. Healthy enough????..............WTF? I think the escapement number needs to be much higher.



No easy answer on this one....I've never fished on them, in the Chehalis.....was going to 4-5 years ago....WDFW shut it down.

I do know that the Wynoochee had a run of springers, because I took our trailer to Satsop Springs for the summer, and baby sat them....wife, 2 boys and myself.....just to make sure no one "did a snag and run"...some of the fish were BIG.......but another WDFW f'up killed the smolt from those off........
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