If you read Washington Trouts web site it says Allegedly eat wild chinook. They have no sciencentific data to back them up. These fish have coexisted for thosands of years. Do you know how short of time these smolt actually spend in the river (hatchery smolt). They cannot stay in the river for a very long time because if they do they will die, the must get to salt water. This also includes hatchery steelhead because they are not released until they smolt. When we release our hatchery steelhead they were caught in smolt traps at the mouth of the river 3 days later. The distance they traveled was approx. 40 river miles. So wake up. If these clowns win their lawsuit then you can kiss your fishing good bye.