A WAG on my part is that the environmental conditions that led to the small return last year were a really significant anomaly that threw off the models to a large degree.

When it became pretty clear last spring while fishing out at Neah Bay that the returning adult coho were both not numerous and not large, there was some very un-scientific wonderings if perhaps some of the "adults" had not matured and were staying out another year due to the schitty conditions...such conjecture was roundly rejected by the experts.

Now were are having a relatively gignatic return, and by all accounts they are not only a lot bigger than last year's midgets, but are significantly bigger than in average years, too.

I am wondering if that roundly rejected un-scientific conjecture may be worthy of an actual look, rather than being rejected out of hand by the experts...it sure can't be any more "wrong" than they have been this year.

Fish on...

Todd