Duck In The Fog

You are right Fog. Jacks do contribute to the "gene pool". Like I said earlier, there contribution is very, very LIMITED! Have you ever seen much effort from any restoration group ("i.e. wild steelhead groups") out trying to either save or recruit wild jacks for their brood stocks? I have not, but maybe you have. Most hatchery managers and fish raisers don't want to "mix" to many jacks into their gene pool stocks because they are very concerned that they are encouraging more of the same (jacks). Do you have the same opinion as they do? If not, how many jacks do you think a system the size of the Cowlitz really needs?

Maybe some expert like Salmo G can in-light us both!

Cowlitzfisherman

Is the taste of the bait worth the sting of the hook????