Salmon Creek eyed for larger winter steelhead release

Will the lower few miles of Salmon Creek, flowing through the heart of urban Clark County, become Southwest Washington's winter steelhead fishing hotspot?

Well, perhaps not a hotspot, but angling in the small stream may get a lot better in Decembers and Januarys if the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife boosts the release of young winter steelhead from 20,000 now to 40,000 annually in the future.

That's one of the recommendations of the Steelhead Management Work Group, a 20-member advisory panel that's been meeting since September to assist the agency with steelhead issues in the North Fork of the Lewis, East Fork of the Lewis and Washougal rivers, plus Salmon Creek.

First, just a bit of background.

The Statewide Steelhead Management Plan calls for creation of a network of gene banks, watersheds where wild .... http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/nov/06/salmon-creek-eyed-larger-winter-steelhead-release/