"FYI a fishing pole isn't a research tool, you can't gain any fisheries science knowledge using one."

Not true, well maybe true regarding a "pole," but a fishing rod and tackle in reasonably competent hands is a legitimate sampling tool, just as is an electrofisher, a beach seine, and a snorkel survey. Typical sport fishing gear has often been used to systematically collect data on species presence and relative abundance and density. Admittedly in most instances there are more efficient tools, but not always.

We now return to the regularly scheduled Elwha thread.

And while western WA streams are not sterile, they are exponentially less rich than the famous trout streams of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado.

Sg