I wonder if it might not be part of some type of WDFW study, though I don’t know of any rainbows or steelhead being stocked in Lk WA or it’s systems.
We used to catch unclipped coho in MA 9 that had coded wire tags in them that were part of studies.
Maybe something like that with some clipped fish?????
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