Warm water bubble off WCVI

[WSU]

The big salmon problem won't be this year.  It will be when the fish that migrated as smolts and hit an ocean with little food return.  Think 1, 2, 3, or 4 years from now. 

[singleshot12]

Salmon forcasts have been wrong before. A poor forcast would result in low tackle and licence sales.

[fishngamereaper]

Salmon forcasts have been wrong before. A poor forcast would result in low tackle and licence sales.

True, forecasts can be off, but a poor forecast would result in limited seasons set at the North Of Falcon meetings in Cali. They are not going to forecast big numbers just to sell licenses. Over the years whether good or bad forecasts, doesn't seem to have much of an effect on license sales. For me Salmon is a small percentage of why I buy my fishing license. Crab, shrimp, bottom fish and tuna are just as important.

[WSU]

I'll go fishing whether the forecast is good or bad.

[Skillet]

Not sure why you're having such a hard time believing that deep sea volcanic activity couldn't be responsible for our warmer ocean currents and weather The earths center core is as hot as the sun and the heat has to escape somewhere. The Jaun de fuca fault line has been spewing magma for sometime now and has always been a major concern.

I can't believe it because quite simply, the science doesn't bear out your theory.

[JackOfAllTrades]

I can't believe it because quite simply, the science doesn't bear out your theory.

I understand the math and the BTU it takes to make a temperature change for that mass of water. But even an El Niño or La Niña year can have an effect on water temperatures at upper levels. I have to believe that a combination of many forces over time can certainly have an impact. That volcano wasn't just borne... It's been building for hundreds or thousands of years. How long has the surrounding area been warming up? We may never know. Just like one of the lowest snow fall years we've ever seen in the NW. There are things we'll likely never be able to explain. Even with modern science.

-Steve