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Quote from Bob:
"something's obviously not right with the numbers. First off, I can think of 8-10 fish we reported released on a couple of trips, so that accounts for "half" of the released fish. Something smells a little fishy ..."
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Bob,
- I don't understand your implications.
- Are you implying that the checkers are too incompetent to accurately record what is reported?
- Or even worse, falsifying records?

During the period from Dec 6-8 on the Bogachiel/Quillayute 3 wild steelhead were reported released by 86 anglers.

During the period from Jan 27-30 eight anglers reported 4 wild steelhead kept and 6 wild steelhead released on the Calawah.

Those are the only reports of more than 2 wild steelhead released in any given report period.

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I find it interesting that so far this year just over 12% of the wild steelhead have been released compared to nearly 35% at this time last year.

This year anglers have, as of Feb 2nd, released about 8% of the hatchery fish caught compared to about 16% at this time last year.

Only 284 hatchery fish have been retained compared to 886 at this time last year.

I wonder how many anglers have decided to postpone their feel-good release ethics long enough to make up for their lack of hatchery fish in their freezers?