Thinking about chinook estimates, etc.

[Jennie@ifish]

So... it is a record year on the Columbia.
What will our coastal springer run size be like?
If ocean conditions and good heavy water cover last year has to do with the good runs this year, what is dependent on our run locally on the coast?
Do they do very accurate estimates? Does anyone have access to these?
We are not affected by snow melt. We are affected, the five year olds, anyway, (The four year olds last year) by the flood of 96, right? Will ocean conditions, being that good, make up for any impact the flood had?
Are we in for a good run, or just so so?
Is there an average of fish per cubic foot of water done anywhere? To estimate between the smaller coastal streams and the big watershed runs?
This is all very interesting to me. I am learning so much, but still have so much to consider and learn. My mind just races with questions.
I know they do diving and counting of smolts and adults in some coastal streams. How else do they do a run estimate here?
We caught a chinook who must have stayed the whole winter in Cape Meares lake. How did it get there? We also caught a silver smolt. Is there access somehow, or were these planted for bass food, like they did in Coffenbury some years back?
I need access to a 24 hour fish biologist!
1 900 fishbio!
Jen