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Geoduck,

C'mon, how long have you fished man? If you want I can show you wild fish spawning with native fish on the cowlitz in mill creek and bluecreek.
I'm siding with Geo on this one, micro. Just because you see them spawning together doesn't mean that their offspring return to mix those genes into the pool.

Studies done on rivers like the Kalama, where wild/hatchery spawning has taken place for decades show that the wild DNA shows little measurable dilution from the hatchery stocks.

If you have links to info that says otherwise, please post it or at least tell me where one could find it............I've been trying to read up on this very subject but haven't had a lot of success finding relevant articles.

Good thread.
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