I am. I have only been salmon fishing for five - six years now and as you can guess I have a lot invested in both money and passion for the sport. This was the worst year for me since I started. My first year I just did not know what I was doing and the fish were few and far between. Two years ago we really hammered them, but then again I was told that you could troll car keys and catch fish. Going into last year I was feeling pretty cocky right up till it slowed down in July. We never got skunked, but had to work real hard for our fish from July on. I do not have enough data points to really know what to make of last year. I have to echo all of the observations, we had a really good spring and early summer, but hot water from July on (we could not find cold water 140ft down in July - 74.2 degrees). Then again we never marked so many bait fish. I guess time will tell. Everything tends to be cyclic and I guess salmon fishing is the same. Mother Nature has a way of making adjustments to whatever man does to her. I just hope that there is nothing to this global warming stuff and that the hot water is here to stay. I’m not set up for bass fishing and besides they taste like crap.