Native summer steelhead were found in a number of Puget Sound streams including: South Fork Nooksack, several Skagit/Sauk tribs, Deer Creek North Fork Stillaguamish, Canyon Creek South Fork Stillaguamish, North Fork Skykomish, and forks of the Tolt. Interestingly the summer fish appear to be genetically most closely related to the winter fish in their basin. For example the Deer Creek summers are genetically closer to the wild winters of the North Fork Stillaguamish than say the summers of the North Fork Skyomish.

Hohwaiian -
Those "bugs" are freshwater parasitic copepods that attach themselves to the fish during the summer (warm water). They look like small grains of rice (whitish or tan) and usually attach to the inside of the mouth, the gills or some times at the base of the paired fins. Never see them on winters

Tight lines
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