I am just one angler, so I am curious if other people feel like they have encountered a ridiculous amount of jack chinook this year. I fished the Cascade river (tributary of the Skagit in Washington) in July and caught 4 jacks, no adults (this was toward the end of peak season on this river). I fished the Samish river in Washington and caught one adult, but most of the fish I saw caught by other anglers were jacks. Now on the Vedder/Chilliwack my father and I have landed 6 jack chinook to 3 adult springs (the adults finally showed up this past weekend). Are other anglers seeing similar ratios this year? Does anyone remember a year that saw similar numbers of chinook jacks? Interestingly, the coho jack ratio seems much more normal - maybe 1 jack to 6 adults, but I have a limited sample size.
Does anyone have any idea what it all means? I saw quite a few jack springs last year as well, but not this many.