First off I must extend my sincere gratitude to "Bowers" for taking that whining little ballplayer out of Seattle, it almost certaintly gave us a chance at winning the big one!!!!! Secondly, to Jake Dogfish, I fish both sides alot. I personally keep very close records of my fishing trips.. You don't have any kind of arguement at all saying that there is better fishing on the rivers without dams!!! You most certatintly haven't fished very much on any of the tribs. on the Columbia.. My overall best fishing hrs/fish is definately not off a coastal rivers andI fish the Peninsula rivers several times a year.. Great place to fish but there are not nearly the numbers there should be!! Thats not my opinion, that comes from years of records and keeping track of the pure numbers of hours per hook-up!!! So don't splash any of that B.S. that the non-dammed rivers have superior runs than the dammed rivers... Face it both types of river systems are pathetically low in comparison to there historical levels!!!!