Salmog, what I was asking is would it be better to use in basin stock or out of basin stock to dilute the gene pool any further.
We are not going to rid ourselves of hatcheries
My experience is from 40 years of fishing these fish. Vol work building weird 30yrs ago on the Smith, vol work doing reds counts on numerious rivers. Assisting in broodstock programs. vol work with spawning surveys, flying once amonth doing elk studies ,building the elk transport platforms in my garage. Assisting on more then one capture. I have not takin a wild fish in 22yrs. Catch triple digits almost every year. And Isee what is happening. Some have degrees and never leave the office to see what is going on, just believe what they read. I catch my share, keep very few, but yes I would like to catch more. I don't know your back ground, nor do I care. But if you think they are not breeding in the wild then put the figures down, and go for a look. The question is which is better for the wild fish, in basin or out of basin stock. That is the question. Segragation is not happening. They are mixing