bad dawg, i read a study in sts, where in the rogue river they caught and put chips in like 35 wild steelies and they could follow them up and down river, really interesting article, the steelies in some cases would travel way farther up river (17 miles) past where they were born, but would swim back down to the spot where they were born..but however it seems there are alot of fisherman down on the rivers who clip the wild adipose with a pair of fingernail clippers then they release them, thats what the article said..