I spent a lot of time on the Elwha growing up. We would ride are bikes from P A to fish it it we couldn't get a ride. We would catch kings in the 40 to 50 lb range all the time. I have seen dead ones that would have pushed 60 or better. But there would be less and less every year. Unfortunately for that strain, they were in full spawning mode when the coho's would show up and that's when the nets went in. They would get tossed on the beach and left to rot.
