Rob

Have you every considered WHY "natural" fish are returning at the 3-6% while the hatchery fish are only returning at 1%?

It couldn't have anything to do with the fact that "natural" fish are all considered to be wild because they are not marked or fin clipped could it? Gee, "wild fish" almost never get targeted from the day they hatch out of the gravel to the day that they return to the gravel! Wild unmarked fish receive almost full protection from almost any forms of harvest?

Yep, I wonder why wild fish survive and return at three times the rate of those hatchery fish do..... could it have anything to with the fact that "hatchery fish" are the only fish that are being targeted and harvested. If your team is the only ones who are being shot at, it sure makes since that your team will loose more members!


Cowlitzfisherman
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Cowlitzfisherman

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