Trolling went down hill in the Chehalis with the 2 million plus smolt reduction in Normal timed Coho production. It still works but with the insane commercial harvest mandated by the so called GH Management Plan the pool of fish is so reduced that your success ratio is to, damn near to zero. Simply put your screwed until after the 21st and if the rivers blow your done below South Monte period.

After that different methods for different folks. It is about learning a reach and using the method you choose that works. It really helps to be retired and have the ability to be adaptive in how you fish. If you work and are a banky or just have a to boat buzz around the river then I think you already got the answer.

Here is the flow prediction for the Satsop off the rain. Just hit the Satsop dot or any other location as it takes real rain fall plus projected to forecast flows.

http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=sew