I agree drifter. After the brood goals are met, the rest of the collected fish should be trucked back downstream for either additional sports opportunity or to give the fish a chance to spawn lower in the system. That would make a shorter gauntlet run for the smolts.
This kind of reminds me of the cowlitz river project.
The fish that are trucked up to the lake above riffe, the cis and the tilt.
When those fish spawn, how do the smolt get back down when there are 3 dams for them to pass. The thought of those smolt making the journey just doesn't seem possible.
If anybody else could shed some light on both of these issues, I'm all ears.