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Snake River · Washington · Columbia

Hells Canyon Mouth

Target: Fall Chinook

model v1.0.0 · Heuristic Baseline
freshly scored · 8/31/2026, 5:44:05 AM
70/100
Good
Confidence12% · Very low confidence

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

Angler briefing

generated · claude-haiku-4-5

# Hells Canyon Mouth – Fall Chinook Briefing **Verdict:** This spot rates as Good (70/100), but confidence is low at only 12%, so treat this assessment cautiously. The score is driven entirely by favorable weather conditions—clear skies, light winds at 12 km/h, and stable pressure are ideal for angling. However, critical data on fish counts, river flow, and water temperature are unavailable, which severely limits confidence in this rating and means conditions could be poor for Chinook despite the pleasant weather.

What drove the score

Factor breakdown

Weather & pressure

+70pts

0% cloud, 12 km/h wind, stable pressure.

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Excluded — source unavailable

  • Fish countsweight 30% · dropped
  • River flowweight 25% · 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 · 1120 counted

Same inputs · every model version

v1.0.0active
Heuristic Baseline
70
12% conf
v1.1.0candidate
Thermal-Weighted Candidate
72
16% conf
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Provenance

inputs hash
082414b7
reproducible
✗ mismatch
usgs gauge
13343500