That is the rub. While the state drought panic was all over the media most missed that for the Chehalis Basin the flows where close to normal but water temps were up. We are rain driven so a drought for us is one that gets to late Nov without rain. Thing is most of our smolt info comes from red counts and Bingham Cr Science Div trap which is 100% effective the scoop on the Chehalis not so much.

Sounds like I just said Doc is full of it, correct? Nope Doc is right because Bingham Cr is driven by a shallow aquifer that if fully charged in the winter will stay stable until Nov. BUT the rest of the basin is not so you can and WILL get a high count based upon what I mentioned that may or may not be correct. The one certainty is this fact it is 100% sure it will be wrong plus or minus.