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That small size seems to be a continuation of what I say last year with the fall Chinook. It made no difference whether the fish were from Puget Sound, Willapa Bay or Buoy 10 to my the 3 and 4 year old fish were 3 to 6 #s smaller than normal with only the largest fish (5 year olds?) seemly "normal" size.

It is interesting the Columbia springs are all so small; especially since it is clear they feed in different parts of the ocean than the State's fall fish. That is evidenced by the low encounter rates of Columbia springs in any of the North Pacific fisheries.

One has to be concern that give the wide spread occurrence of small Chinook that marine survivals will be lower than expected. Fingers crossed that will not be the case.

Curt