10/01/2024

9/01/2024 - 9/15/2024, lot's of Coho jacks, not many Chinook jacks. Coho, small, hatchery were in good numbers BUT you had to release them....WDFW must have had a plan, the river has been open for years on Coho September 1.

If the WDFW plan was to reduce impacts on Chinook, hooking mortality, they did good.......tough to have a mortality on Chehalis run size so small, that it could be called "non-existent". Time to shut down any fishery that targets Chehalis Chinook, hatchery or Wild.....

9/16 to current date......Many 4-6 pound Coho, skinny water jack fishery has been good, IF you have good eggs. Coho that I've seen, small 20+ inches but not many in the 9-10 pound range.

If you're a jet boater, low water can be a problem, more than a few boats have "filled the pump" with gravel.......