Mike B,water has been up & down every where ,still the other rivers have been much better than the Skagit system,big river with lots to hide? recent years this systems % return is unacceptable,just because the Skagit is in your back yard doesn't justify the smolt plant it receives,a nagging question- you right there-how many bright upriver,winter brats have you caught?
chonga-if the additional plants turn the other rivers into humpy season thats still better than 400k plants with less than 160 caught,never had any trouble catching brats on the Skagit? you are the only person thats ever had the marbles to say that. You must be super fisherman. I've caught many steelies on the Skagit,many large ones too,all wild! When a guide with the knowledge and experience on the Skagit that Rob Endsley has and chooses to fish elsewhere(sky,bogy ets) its time to decrease the plant and increase it elsewhere! With the decrease in fishing opportunity everywhere, lets get OUR moneys worth out of OUR hatchery fish!