Originally Posted By: Abu-Loomis
And no, I never said that it was a healthy run, the original statement was that they were completely gone. The run is obviously not healthy but it is definately not extinct...Later


Jake


Genetic diversity is the key here. If the genetic code to make a big fish is still in the collective gene pool (even if it is not fully expressed in the present day population) there is a good chance for recovery.

If it was the raw wild flows of the upper watershed that selected for those giant kings in the first place, you can bet that over time that niche will be filled with more giant fish in the future. We just have to show the self-restraint from whackin'em in our fisheries and give 'em free passage on up the river.

I wish the demolition planners would just quit all the stall tactics and finally just (to quote the late great Ronald Reagan) "Tear this wall down!"
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Long Live the Kings!