Out of the dozen trips I made to the West Side of the Juans last summer, the biggest impact that stood out in my mind was watching seiners drop in off eagle point with the whales coming. I think everyone watching had the same sense of uneasiness watching what could have been a slow motion train wreck.

Timing worked out and nothing happened.... well except the 4 seiners basically taking dinner off their plates and corking 50-60 sport boats including 1 who had to fire up the main, without time to pull gear up, to avoid being seined.

Krisjack brings up a great point though with timing. Dumping millions of smolt into stocks that aren't consumed by Orcas won't do anything. Similar to how the Canadian Troll fleets were able to hone in on the several specific runs down here, the orcas are most likely targeting certain stocks. I would assume the fish checkers in the Juans would have Coded Wire/tag information to support which stocks are present in the orcas domain.