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Puyallup River · Washington

Puyallup Flats

Target: Chinook Salmon

model v1.0.0 · Heuristic Baseline
freshly scored · 8/31/2026, 5:47:03 AM
90/100
Excellent
Confidence37% · Low confidence

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

Angler briefing

generated · claude-haiku-4-5

# Puyallup Flats – Chinook Salmon Briefing Conditions are excellent for Chinook at Puyallup Flats today, with a 90/100 score driven primarily by ideal river flow (1100 cfs sits squarely in the target band) and favorable weather—clear skies, light wind, and stable pressure combined for strong conditions. However, the 37% confidence reflects significant gaps: fish count data, water temperature, and recent angler reports are all unavailable, so while physical conditions look textbook-perfect, you lack real-time intel on actual salmon presence and recent success.

What drove the score

Factor breakdown

River flow

+68pts

1100cfs is in the ideal band (600–2200cfs).

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Weather & pressure

+23pts

0% cloud, 7 km/h wind, stable pressure.

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Excluded — source unavailable

  • Fish countsweight 30% · dropped
  • Water temperatureweight 25% · 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 · 530 counted

Same inputs · every model version

v1.0.0active
Heuristic Baseline
90
37% conf
v1.1.0candidate
Thermal-Weighted Candidate
87
36% conf
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Provenance

inputs hash
bac51b4d
reproducible
✗ mismatch
usgs gauge
12101500