Here's something about the broodstock program on the Vedder, for what it's worth...

They take a specified number of fish, and assume that the recruits are spawning in the river and creating more "wild" fish...yet they have absolutely nothing to back that up except for the guides' opinions that "it works great"...

There's no counting, no studying, and no measurement of effectiveness of the program...just taking out wild fish, making hatchery fish, and sending them off...and then assuming they are spawning and making more "wild" fish.

I'm not saying it's not having some sort of effect, good or bad...what I'm saying is that I am lacking the same information to make an actual informed decision on that as those who trumpet it as a great thing, though they don't seem to mind the lack of information when forming their opinions.

If it is indeed creating more "wild" fish than would be there without it...well, it's the only one so far.

Not impossible I guess, but not bloody likely.

Anyone tries to stick a wild fish I catch into a tube better be prepared to have themselves stuffed in the tube and see how they fare.

Fish on...

Todd