Bob All 3 and Cowlitzfisherman,
I don't have enough time or brainpower left today to read your whole posts. I do have personal relationships with a couple fisheries biologists here in Oregon who believe based on the science done here that hatchery fish inc. wild broodstock do harm wild fish numbers (natives or not). They base their opinions on a whole lot more science than anyone's going to post here.

My own experience is that I catch more wild steelhead in rivers that aren't planted with brats.
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If every fisherman would pick up one piece of trash, we'd have cleaner rivers and more access.