Bodysurf

I find it pretty hard to believe that 203 adult Springer's just "happened" to die right out of the fish separator along with another 134 jacks! Those fish were carrying coded wire tags and that's why they were sacrificed and given to the food bank. The Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery only needed 1150 adults to meet their egg take needs. As of last week, they have already recovered 4,128 adults at the Salmon Hatchery. You can bet that at lease another 1000 or more fish have already been sport harvested, so that would bring the retuning total number (5,128) to well above the 4900 number that the WDFW had predicted.

It's still early, and I will bet you that the hatchery will get close to another 2000 or more adult before the run is finally over. So you see, WDFW is not really to concern about waking any Springer's that is currently carrying around a wire tag in its head.


Cowlitzfisherman