Willamette Springer Predictions Are In!

http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/ore...ok_salmon.html

"The Willamette spring chinook run prediction isn't quite complete, Kern said, but should be by the time the Columbia River Compact (Oregon and Washington) meets Dec. 17.

Kern said the prediction will be close to 100,000 adults.

The 2010 run prediction of about 63,000 fish turned into an actual run of about 110,000, largely because of a glut, 89,000, of four-year-old fish. Spring chinook return at ages four and five years, so the 2011 run is expected to include numerous larger five-year salmon."

I predict Spot will catch his first 2011 springer on Mar 13.   

-Allen

As a rule your best shot at the bigger fish happens early in the run.  All of my "largest" springers have been in late Feb to early March. 


Last year was off the hook for Willy springers, thank god for hatchery harvest tags!  This year could be one of those golden seasons that comes around  only once or twice a decade.