Originally Posted By: Carcassman
We know that the steelhead smolts at least occasionally "vanish" before release. Just how good are the release numbers, given the issues that arise occasionally?


Some readers may not realize that was a rhetorical question. zip The disappearance/loss of 500K summer steelhead smolt and WDFW's inability to adequately explain that phenomenon calls into question prior year release numbers. Bottom line, at least for summer steelhead, don't try to make more out of the numbers than what they are.....poor. And then there were the drought and the blob.....
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