Oh this can't be true! These "Actual" fish counts must be jumpers seen by someone at the locks and counted as real fish, or the old plunkers are providing anecdotal count evidence that fish are moving past the boats at Shilshole!

This is all wrong, there was nothing but skinny, depressed, starving coho coming from the ocean this year, how can this be ?

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Speaking of total closures and your loss of fishing opportunity, lets try this well practiced Cedar River management model quote -

" Doesn't look good as of last month from the WDFW staff for opening the Cedar for steelhead this year, "but may be looked at next year."............................................................................
The Coho in the ocean(and the one's currently being landed by Lummi's) are anything but skinny/depressed/starving......10lb average on one boat. Saw a tote of Lummi fish yesterday that was all big/healthy. Saw a commie gillnetter on Monday who didn't get any, but his friend's had said that they saw a few last week that were pigs (big guy being 18) fishing Samish Bay. Apparently the tribes/white commie's can fish, but we can't. Seems like a really late/normal run to me. King's just starting to filter in....Had a monster on for about 30 seconds on Monday....Assumed it was a king.