Ok this may not be the best place to ask this but I thought I would throw it out. They are saying a half a million sockeye this year in Lake Washington. That is unbelievable. They say the escapement is 350,000 fish that blows my mind. If we had 350,000 steelhead returning to the Sky or the skagit you would have fish everywhere and there would be no thought of closing it. Heck if I remember right a two years ago they had 35-50 thousand fish and kept it closed. 35,000 steelhead in one system and you are talking world class (maybe the best in the world). Why are the escapement numbers so high for Sockeye? Don't get me wrong I am think escapement should be managed for Maximum sustained Yield not Maximum sustained Harvest I am just trying to get a handle on the biology question. Thanks JJ
