Freespool,

You are correct in that the Tillamook system has poor estuary habitat. Fall chinook don't spend much time in the bay or the river.
In 2004 and 2005 we had as good of runs of chinook as you could ask for. I saw incredible fishing from Alaska to BC even in to the Klamath region in Cal. How do you explain that. Freak of nature? Habitat? Ocean?