Originally Posted By: Salmo g.
Originally Posted By: elparquito

Anyone know what is up with this - beside the fact that this was a poorly written article at best?

Honestly, I'd be embarrassed if I was the author of this article.

https://komonews.com/news/local/snohomish-county-hatchery-to-rely-on-native-steelhead-trout


Good catch Parker. That is definitely high on the list of poorly written articles ever.

In order to keep peace with the Wild Salmonid Conservancy, who keep suing WDFW, the Department agreed to discontinue using "exotic" Skamania summer steelhead in the Skykomish hatchery steelhead program. So they are using wild summer steelhead captured at Sunset Falls. And yes, those wild steelhead consist of about 20% NF wild strays and 80% naturalized Skamania origin steelhead. But hey, they be wild.


That being said, will the return timing still be a Skamainia early component? IMO when they made this change on the Kalama it fd up the return timing. The summers now trickle in after the 4th of July into September when water levels get tough. They used to peak in June during decent flows. Love those spankin chrome June summers the most!
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