NewZealand...I've only had my sled in at Vernita Bridge once, so I'm no expert on the run there by any means, but I was under the impression that this was a banner year numbers-wise for kings...as these fish passage numbers at the dams show the king count at Priest Rapids almost double the ten year average there. What's up with that?
http://www.cqs.washington.edu/dart/adult.html

Bonneville fish ladder passage:Chin 396463, Ch10yr 263376, JChin 85395, JCh10yr 35770, Sthd* 268936, Sthd10yr 219945, SthdW 75036, Sock 93152, Coho 60287, JCoh 9223, Shad 1223581

Priest Rapids passage: Chin 71676, Ch10yr 37105, JChin 6838, JCh10yr 2798, Sthd* 9828, Sthd10yr 7825, SthdW 0, Sock 89611, Coho 201, JCoh 11, Shad 2448

Are the other fisheries up and down the Columbia River poor as well? Here's some other web sites that might help you with your info search: http://www.cqs.washington.edu/webgrp.html

Hope you get into some fish still!
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