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[DragonSpeed]

Do you guys have any idea how many fish 300,000 is? Thats about 10X what the chilliwack river hatchery gets on a year.

And there are 100's of streams that they are heading into... the per stream numbers aren't exactly going to be huge, would be my guess.

[dnibbles]

Actually, if there really were 300,000 fish (which is not gonna happen), you would see each individual river plugged with coho. That just ain't gonna happen.

[buck]

Who dreams this stuff up ?

[Rodney]

So that's how you build a rumour mill!

[Big Steel]

So Buck, what your sayin is that you haven't seen an increase in numbers at the hatchery over the last few days?!?!? 

[stickler]

We had late fresh coho showing up in both the Bulkley and Kispiox this year. I was getting them to the end of Oct. which is out of the norm. Hope its true for you guys and gals down south.

[buck]

Big Steel,  we have not seen an increase in coho numbers at the hatchery. There are a few fish holding in the channel below the foot bridge but most are in poor shape and ratty looking. We have not broken 6K back to the hatchery this year. Coho numbers in all the upstream tributaries are down by 90% from normal. Just to give you some idea,  last year we counted 400 coho in Elk creek the first week in Dec., this year we counted 6 fish.

[Big Steel]

That is pretty much what I was expecting!!  Thanks Buck.  But, do I hope that there a more coho on the way?  Yes I do.  Do I think that they are still coming? Well it is now the middle of December.  The last few years have seen a reduction in the number of coho returning.  So NO, I think that it is very unlikely that we will see run of coho show up now.  But I do hope that I am wrong!!

[Matuka Jack]

Maybe it the water temparature that makes them late.  They cannot come near the land because it's to warm and they waited till it is lot cooler.

[Sterling C]

The strip of water that hugs the coast is cooler than the open ocean. Howver, if this was warmed then the migration paterns of salmon would shift northwards which would add distance to the fish's migration, possibly causing them to arrive late. Steelhead on the other hand are predominently open ocean and would be less susseptable to such phenominom, therefore arrive on time.

[Bone Cross]

Has anyone considered that they could be STEELHEAD!

[kellya]

lol 300,000 steelies that would be a nice xmas present