Bobber Down: Sockeye weren't native to this watershed? That really suprised me. I thought they were native to Lk WA which obviously would have had them up into the Cedar River too. Just curious, when were they introduced?
ps: as to my opinion on it, seems crazy not to do it. It should be very cheap to do, I always hate to see the sockeye schooled up by the thousands at the aquaduct barrier dam with no place to spawn so would prefer they be allowed to pass as well. From what I read, the few chinook & coho that come into the river later in the season have very few good gravel stretches to make their redds in, so opening the mostly unspoiled section of the watershed seems like a no brainer to me.