Originally Posted By: Rivrguy
The number of hatchery fish has dropped dramatically in the last ten years. It was 24,948 H & 127,429 W this year in the FRAM. So in a perfect world you would get 5.1 W to each H.


To say that forecast and harvest models are imprecise would be a gross understatement.

Limited sample recently shows 6 times that many wild coho in the W:H ratio.

The hatch fish are a no show. Or maybe the wild ones are 6 times better biters?

You make the call.
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