Oddly enough this year was excellent for King Salmon in California, one of our best years ever in fact (going back 50+ years). We suspect it was primarily due t

Oddly enough this year was excellent for King Salmon in California, one of our best years ever in fact (going back 50+ years). We suspect it was primarily due to the drought tapering off, so the rivers/lakes were more full than usual. Salmon are r selected, so large fluctuations in the population are expected. In contrast the drought years were really really poor.