Originally Posted By: stlhdr1
Originally Posted By: SBD
Whats odd is we have as much fish in the river now with fewer releases than 30 years ago, let them cut and keep improving dam passage.


Yeah but the CR used to be loaded with wild fish when they didn't clip the all the hatchery fish....

I've talked to plenty of old timers that used to catch "springer" steelhead, those early summer runs that used to show in late March through April, always made me wonder if those were just unclipped hatchery fish as they've dissapeared over the years......

Keith thumbs



Wild stock assessments are not done by counting fish with extra fins at the dam, they are done in the sub basins where the stock spawns.