Cowlitzfisherman,
Nothing a good triple mocha can't cure!

On the subject of what else I'd catch besides wild fish in an unplanted river, one word: Brats! I've caught many stray hatchery steelhead in either rivers that weren't planted, or in rivers that weren't their river of origin, which could be determined by the finclips. On the Deschutes River, for instance the local brats all have a right maxillary clip and are of native broodstock origin. About half the brats caught in that river (more in some years) don't have a maxillary clip! Last year, I caught a brat on the Nehalem river about 25 miles upstream from the mouth of the North Fork, which is the nearest river with a hatchery. The year before, I caught one about 30 miles upstream from it. On the Trask river, which gets no brat steelhead, a lot of people target brats in December and January because there are so many stray brats from the Wilson and Kilchis.

My comment regarding catching more wild steelhead in unplanted rivers has to do with hours of effort per fish ratio. It's just plain lower (better) for wild steelhead on unplanted rivers. I choose my river du jour based on water levels, time of year, weather, and other factors. In February and March, when the current conditions tell me to fish a river that's not planted, I tend to catch more wild steelhead than when conditions tell me to fish a river that has wild steelhead and is planted with brats.