Originally Posted By: Dan S.
Who said they don't mingle? I don't recall anyone saying that.

What HAS been said over and over is that the resulting offspring do not return as adults in any significant numbers, and that's a problem because a viable wild parent has been removed from the pool by mingling with a hatchery fish.



This thread is not about hatchery spawners. He wants to promote his videos. Considering all the concern about wild steelhead his other video just promotes targeting those wild fish. Multiply that by the guys who can't handle a fish properly and the guys who will poach the fish, video publishing is not helping the fish at all.