The perspective of the dudes low-holing both of you.

Very few adult coho encounters compared to a usual year... that's because the bulk of the fish had already flushed upriver before we had our first chance. The bay fishery has been entirely dependent on new tide-fresh fish as all of the buildup in September was LONG gone by opening day Oct 1.

Within that cohort of new tide fish encountered by my vessel, the ratio has been 2.5 wild : 1 hatch. Three coho did NOT make it to the net, so if they were all wild, it could skew that ratio closer to 3:1.

A typical year, the ratio for Chehalis coho is 4-5 wild to 1 hatch.

So yes, that makes for very little keeping in a mark-select coho fishery. It is what it is.