Today is April 4, which is a bit early for everything but feeder kings. The first herring begin showing up very soon, followed by halibut. Optimistic Deep Creek salmon and halibut anglers will start heading out in a few weeks, and the charter boats begin booking in May when the action starts heating up.  Beluga follow the herring and hooligan.

It would be more accurate to say that we're a few weeks away from significant numbers of salmon or whales, but since the vast majority of oil spilled today will still be in the East and West rips then, you can hardly describe that as "really reaching."