Originally Posted By: jgreen
Ive always thought they needed an early December hatchery run. Spread the pressure over the Nooch and Satsop. I live near both, I fish both. Id love to see both full of early run hatchery brats. Oh, and plug the Satsop full of summer runs, so I can fly fish above the Schafer bridge and not just occasionally run into trout fishing.


The Satsop and Skook programs (as well as Newaukum and upper Chehalis releases) intentionally went away from the early winter stock years ago. The only place that has it now is Humptilips and that is not likely to change. All of the winter fish (besides Hump) use local and some natural-origin broodstock, so the return timing is more like the naturals - late winter early spring.

Summers in the upper Chehalis were tried for about 5 years of releases back in the mid 2000's with limited to no success. Summers in the Nooch do good and there's a release in the Hump too.

Not sure what the candidates for WSGB would be but I agree that the Nooch and Skookumchuck are not likely... Wishkah, Hoquim, Black, Scatter, Lincoln Creek, SF Chehalis? All places with no current hatchery plants. Not sure of the size of the steelhead pops in them...