These are redfish lake fish!!! Every thing you stated was true. A couple of years none returned. Its like putting your last dollar into a slot machine and getting a 100 dollars back!!! A small victory for the snake and salmon rivers !!!! How many actually will get to the lake is still a question. A couple of years ago, a lone male was spotted at lower granite.. they named him Sam or something like that. The whole state waited and figured he did'nt make it. Then, just when everybody was about to give up, there he was in the fish trap. I have high hopes for this years wild B-run crop of steelhead... please please please swim around the nets and come home !!!!