We have been wondering how many hatchery fish miss getting clipped. This year during the salmon season there were a ton of steelhead smolts in the rivers that had their fins intact that I know were just released. Makes me wonder if some fish are being let go with fins intact in a backdoor effort to pump up the wild fish counts and keep them off the endangered species list. ???? Probably not true but something to talk about when your in a drift boat for 10 hours.