I hope you have been having a good steelhead season on the Lower Deschutes. I certainly have. Things might not be as good next year. NOAA Fisheries recently sent out a report that contains the heading “A Potentially Tough Year Coming for Pacific Salmon”. Last year, “wind-driven upwelling delivered cooler-than-average ocean temperatures, and higher-than-average biomass of lipid-rich copepods.” In other words, a rich food web. Unfortunately, NOAA states that they are seeing “mixed signals” about 2025.