TM, that would be similar to making one of the most prevalent mistakes of the hatchery programs over the decades - mixing genetic stocks between rivers. It weakens the gene pool so the fish don't adapt as well to a particular watershed, cutting down it's long term productivity rather than enhancing it.

This is what concerns many of us about 'Bama's Hey_Yall shopping for babes at WA Walmart stores! He potentially could weaken the gene pool of the NW. eek laugh Can you imagine a 'Bama-Walmart crossbreed wandering around the area? That's kinda how the fish thang is too.

RT