04-21-2011, 06:27 PM
native the airial surveys are not generally used with the spring chinook run due to horrible ocean conditions, they are used for the fall runs.
If as I hope it is late I have no problem with them screaming up the main river into ID.
1. It will get them to us on time
and
2. It will reduce the number caught in the lowere/mid river
A large % of the Columbia run is supported by upriver fish. Ive always felt the lower river got an disproportionately large level of the catch. So I wouldnt be too upset if they blew through to ID.
I dont think we are going to see the 98,000 chinook predicted though.
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If as I hope it is late I have no problem with them screaming up the main river into ID.
1. It will get them to us on time
and
2. It will reduce the number caught in the lowere/mid river
A large % of the Columbia run is supported by upriver fish. Ive always felt the lower river got an disproportionately large level of the catch. So I wouldnt be too upset if they blew through to ID.
I dont think we are going to see the 98,000 chinook predicted though.
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