Originally Posted By: cohoangler
Stocking springers in Willapa Bay would be poor fisheries management. Sorry to be so direct, but spring Chinook need cold water all summer so they can spawn in late August or September. The Willapa Bay tribs do not flow off the Cascades (like the Cow, Lewis, and Kalama) so they get really warm during the summer. That would be a death trap for springers.




This is one option being cussed and discussed in moving gill nets off the mainstem CR. Still providing a "viable" commercial harvest.

My understanding is these springers could be raised to size. Then trucked to overwinter/ imprint on the release site.
Gone before the water warms and the parasites get active.
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