← all spots

Nooksack River · Washington

Ferndale Drift

Target: Pink Salmon

model v1.0.0 · Heuristic Baseline
freshly scored · 8/31/2026, 5:44:59 AM
94/100
Excellent
Confidence62% · Moderate confidence

Confidence is reduced because fish counts, recent angler reports were unavailable. The score reflects only the sources that reported in.

Angler briefing

generated · claude-haiku-4-5

Ferndale Drift is an excellent choice for pink salmon right now, scoring 94/100. The river conditions are dialed in—flow at 1230cfs sits perfectly in the ideal range, and water temperature at 15.4°C is spot-on for the species—these two factors alone account for 80 points of your score. The caveat: confidence is only 62% because fish count data and recent angler reports aren't available, so conditions may be perfect but you won't know if salmon are actually moving through the area.

What drove the score

Factor breakdown

River flow

+40pts

1230cfs is in the ideal band (600–2200cfs).

view source ↗

Water temperature

+40pts

15.4°C is in the ideal band (8–16°C).

view source ↗

Weather & pressure

+14pts

0% cloud, 2 km/h wind, stable pressure.

view source ↗

Excluded — source unavailable

  • Fish countsweight 30% · dropped
  • Recent angler reportsweight 8% · dropped

Catch report

Did you catch fish here?

No account, no personal data — just the catch outcome.

Fish-count feed

last 6 readings
5/23/2026now · 1590 counted

Same inputs · every model version

v1.0.0active
Heuristic Baseline
94
62% conf
v1.1.0candidate
Thermal-Weighted Candidate
91
68% conf
about scoring models ↗

Provenance

inputs hash
80f3a706
reproducible
✗ mismatch
usgs gauge
12213100