Did you guys know that every year the numbers of Atlantic salmon smolts that are being trapped at the Mayfield Dam fish collection facilities on the Cowlitz River are increasing? The last time I heard (about 2 years ago) they were catching about 100 a year and steadily increasing each year after! Only WDFW and Tacoma know what the reel numbers are now. Funny, you NEVER hear a word about it do you . . . I wonder why???

Why doesn't anyone ask our great WDFW how could that be? I know why, they know why, Salmo G knows why, and you all wonder why I am so down on the WDFW sometimes. Do the words "Atlantic Fish Farmer" ring a bell?

Time will tell what their long term effects will be to the Cowlitz River and her fishery.

Cowlitzfisherman
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Cowlitzfisherman

Is the taste of the bait worth the sting of the hook????