Don't get into too big a rush to do an in-season reg change, boys.

1) Hatcheries are still behind on returning broodstock.... yes even with all the glowing reports and recent high water.

2) The escapement goal is based on WILD fish. Hump hasn't made wild e-goal for coho in over 2 decades.

3) Historically Chehalis side is predominantly WILD coho, by a factor of 4-5 to 1. You think it's hard to sort thru all those fish to harvest a ONE FISH bag on hatch coho, how many more WILD fish would you have to sort thru to get a second HATCH.

4) Some would say just put a WILD fish in the bag limit. That would be fine as long as there is hard data to support a WILD run-size significantly greater than the PSF. There ain't, so it's not.

Just for $hit$ and giggles, suppose that data DID exist.

QIN/WDFW would have to come to technical agreement on the new and improved run-size number sufficient to add a WILD coho to the rec bag. Guess what? That number would probably also support 3-5 days a week of QIN netting.

Careful what you wish for.