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338Shooter

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Salmon fishing in the PNW is exiting/boring/frustrating/rewarding. A test of ones patience and dedication to a craft. I suggest you try it at lest once in your life. Nothing better than fresh Columbia River Chinook.

Hope all of my old friends are well and happy. :-)

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Oh man, that's good stuff. That's a nice Ling. That would probably have won the pot on any party boat I've been on..

I read the salmon population off the west coast took a beating this year and numbers have fallen thru the cellar. You noticing reduced numbers?
 

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The run this year looks to be less than half of the forecast. Ocean is unfavorable and the low water in 2014 made getting out to the ocean a bear for these fish as smolts. Columbia is closed and Willamette is only pen 3 days a week because of it. It's really unfortunate.
 

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The run this year looks to be less than half of the forecast. Ocean is unfavorable and the low water in 2014 made getting out to the ocean a bear for these fish as smolts. Columbia is closed and Willamette is only pen 3 days a week because of it. It's really unfortunate.
Yikes, that's worse than I'd heard...
 

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Smolt escapement will be excellent this year but the ocean is still screwed. The 2014 escapement was a double whammy and we're seeing the results.

Here's the current passage graph for Bonneville dam. The run is almost a month late and appears as though it may have peaked. If it has we are in trouble. Bonneville has experienced record flows this year. Portland is almost double the rain for the average water year. It's been unrelentingly wet. Plus recor snow packs on the mountains and snow falls out east on the Columbia and Snake river basins.

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