hey djfish

I once caught a hatchery steelhead up at barrier dam on the cowlitz with a healed seal bite right at the spine about 6 inches up from the tail. I could actualy put my fingers through the fish to the outher side around the spine the fish fought hard but was a little thin. the skin had healed right around the cut and the spine and the fish still made it all the way to where I was standing. for the record I killed it.
but I have no dout he would have spawned had I not killed it.