The reports I've seen indicate between 2300 and 2500 chinook were taken in the six hour tribal fishery on Elliot Bay. Approximately half the fish taken were natives. One 42 pound chinook was caught by the netters. If they had been using fish traps this hog could have been sent upriver to spawn. It doesn't sound like the fish were too scarce as tribal fishermen reported "steady" success all night long. Here's one for the conspiracy theorists. Some have suggested the state never intended to open this fishery for the sportsmen. Just announce the season and then close it to show how science is being used to manage sensitive stocks. Sources close to the tribe said they could have taken just as many fish in their test fishery as they had in the past, but the state shortened their fishing time and announced the sports closure almost immediately. It will be interesting to see how the Game Department uses their science to justify commercial fishing for severely depressed Fraser River sockeye at Point Roberts this year. I hope they have the same level of concern for fish of Canadian origin. One more note on the Elliot Bay test fishery, apparently there was more mixing of stocks in the bay than was expected. A number of tagged fish, not from the Soos Creek Hatchery, were taken in the nets. More than likely, wild stocks were similarly mixed.