Get ready for what promises to be the most liberal salmon season we have seen in Grays Harbor in a MIGHTY long time, folks. The proposed Region 6 GH rec season going into PFMC this week is as follows:

Hump dates look identical to last year with 3 adult salmon in the daily bag.... opens 9-16 thru 9-30 no bait, then Oct 1 thru Nov 30 with bait. Goes down to 2 adults Dec 1 thru Jan 31. The BONUS for 2012 is that one may be a WILD coho. Chinook will be the same.... ONE king. Release chum.

The bay will open 9-16 thru Nov 30 with a 3 adult bag.... ONE may be a chinook thru Oct 7 (3-week chinook retention), TWO may be WILD coho, release chum.

Chehalis FW opens 9-16 thru Nov 30 up to Porter with a 3 adult bag... ONE may be a chinook for the entire month of October, TWO may be wild coho, release chum, else release chinook.

Chehalis above Porter opens Oct 1 thru Nov 30 for a 3 adult bag... TWO may be WILD coho, release chinook and chum.

From Dec 1 thru Jan 30, Chehalis and tribs bag drops to 2 adults... ONE may be a WILD coho, release chinook and chum.

Wynoochee up to White Bridge/Hoquiam/Wishkah open Sept 16 thru Jan 31 for 2 adults... ONE may be a WILD coho, release chinook and chum. Same goes for Black River except it opens Oct 1.

Satsop opens Sept 16 thru Nov 30 for 3 adults... ONE may be a CLIPPED chinook thru Oct 31, TWO may be WILD coho, otherwise release chinook and chum. Dec 1 thru Jan 31 it drops to 2 adults.... ONE may be a WILD coho, release chinook and chum.

Skook/Newaukum opens Oct 1 thru Nov 30 with a 3 adult bag... TWO may be wild coho, release chinook and chum. Dec 1 thru Jan 31 it drops to 2 adults... ONE may be a WILD coho, release chinook and chum.

Bigger and better than last year? YAH...YOO BECHA!

While there could be some minor tweeks on the Chehalis side over the next few days at PFMC (pending negotiations with QIN), you get a pretty good idea that there are LOTS of wild coho to be harvested in this system, and a pretty consistent pattern of how we are gonna go about getting it done.