The Grays Harbor forecast indicates a difficult year for both nets and poles. While there are a few Chehalis wild coho available I would guess there will be none allowed in the bag. We will need all the wild coho release mortality to go after the hatchery fish. The nets will likely have to cut back on days leaving thousands of chum unharvested.

The only bright spots I see relative to last year are the additional Hump chinook opportunity and maybe enough springers for an opener this year. Grim.