Based on the life cycle of pinks, they will most likely be fine. By the time Pinks have reached the upper Skagit, they are ready to spawn. Given the prolonged warm fall weather, the river didn’t chill down as fast, so the eggs would have hatched before the floods. Pinks are the fastest growing salmon in the world, and they swim up out of the gravel and head to brackish water fast. Hopefully the Chinook reds didn’t scour or silt in, but time will tell.
