fishbreath,
i had to chuckle about the motor comment. i wish i could have bought your old boat. it looked great! but, at that time we had just bought a house and purchased a new car shortly before that. i still don't have a boat, now i need a new rig and a boat will come shortly after that (i hope!!!!) Anyway, glad you like the boat.
in regards to the fish in the river, i gues i kind of had the two mixed up. it's been awhile since i had the conversation, but what i was talking to the hatchery guy about was the spring run of fish (and yes it was impressive) and that is what i thought (hands off to everyone) but i didn't realize that they could take the fall fish. That is pretty upsetting! well, good luck fishing and hope to see you on the river sometime.
chumsalmon