I'm not sure how brood stocking is done up in wa. But broodstock steelies down here are live spawned and released. One of the rivers I grew up fishing (the south fork coquille) has had a broodstock steelie program since the 80's thanks to a motivated STEP biologist. These are hatchery fish. Put there to harvest. If I catch one, it's dinner.
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