Satellite tracking Coho movement?

[Johnny Mac]

Ok *warning* friend of a friend info here, grain of salt already included...

A good buddy of mine has a friend in the reserves up in Washington that says that major fish runs are actually tracked by satellite (not sure by who) and that what we have seen with coho is just the beggining of what to expect.

According to him, the run visible from space, is 30 miles wide and 40 miles long and has not quite gotten to Wa. state yet and is on its way down the coast from the direction of Alaska. Says the reason the movement is fairly slow would have to be that they are able to find food in plenty wherever they are.

If this is true, my question is, is there more than one run in the fall season? Is that typical?

Does this sound even remotely possible to have that many more fish on top of what we have already seen in numbers of coho this year?

If true, would they open coho back up outside again?

Whatcha think of this?

[Krome Brite]

There is early and late run cohos. Sounds pretty far fetched to me, but hey if it's true that'd be way sweet. I think your military friend is ******g with you. If it's really true, could these fish possibly be premature fish that will return next year, etc.?

[Krome Brite]

Hey, the swear word filter does work. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[Johnny Mac]

Most friends I have from the military would certainly be proned to **** with me, but this is not my buddy, but rather a buddies buddy that sounds sincere. Guess we wait and see. 1,200 square miles of fish sounds pretty good to me though!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]