Just in case there's still someone out there who thinks inbred hatchery fish ought to be spawning in our rivers, here's a real beauty I put in the fish box...about a six pound Skamania summer run.

Fish fought just fine, jumped a few times, and then came quickly to hand, where "it" was dispatched with a handy rock. I call the fish "it" because there was some contention as to whether or not it was a hen or a buck among the anglers on hand...

I thought it was a buck, so didn't bother cutting nicely to preserve any eggs that might be there, so I ended up cutting up the egg skein a bit...yeah, "skein", not "skeins"...

This retarded fish had one sperm sac, and one egg skein...sure am glad it's going to the smoker, rather than digging a hole in a river and trying to spawn...this fish mush have some genetics that are FUBAR'd...

Anyway...here it is:



Fish on...

Todd
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