the run built up slowly until finally on the 20th each of us were able to catch our limit of 3. we never had a big number (100,000 to 200,000) enter the river on a day like in the years past, but they kept coming into the river in the 20,000 to 50,000 until they finally reached the maximum number (750,000) fish & game want in the river to sustain the future population of reds. their mother is p-53 -- she's only two years old herself and this is her first litter. 