Thanks for the excellent response, Spawnout.

I have never visited the hatchery myself. Twice I ran into folks above Schaefer park while I was hiking. After November 1st (when this area is closed), and these guys were fishing...and I mean catching and releasing salmon. So they appeared to be having fun, not participating in fish enhancement. And when I asked questions (and I was nice about it), they were quite rude.

Maybe it would be beneficial to have a small flyer to hand out explaining what your group is doing...you would get a lot more support from other fisher-folk that way. It would work a lot better than the responses I received.