Misclipped Hatchery Fish

[boneaddict]

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Seeing as how that there is a 21.34 pounder it's likely that this is his third or fourth spawning run and my money says that some jackhole cut off part of his fin on one of his prior runs...or not. It's a theory.

Kind of wondering the same thing.....  Gorgeous fish!!!

[tmike]

16-18 pounds  and the dorsal didn't look "wild" either. Kind of worn down around the edges.

[GurrCentral]

16-18 pounds  and the dorsal didn't look "wild" either. Kind of worn down around the edges.

Kinda what I was thinking... altho his coat/arm may be pressing down on the dorsal...

[Mr Mykiss]

Beast!!

[wildweeds]

Well how about.......... like my buddy says....."If we fisheries techs were allowed to execute what we were taught in school hands on rather than what some state jackwagon bio has come up with from his books and slide ruler" it'd be alot different.This idea will sting some but it would work,shut down ALL(this includes natives) fishing of ANY kind salmon and steelhead related for 1 complete 4 year cycle and then properly manage it from there with limited seasons and smaller creel allotments.

[BigGoonTuna]

well, how does that work in places that have been closed for long periods of time, like the nisqually?  no steelhead season(even CNR) in 20 years and it's still not recovering.

[wildweeds]

All I know is they did that very thing in alaska many years ago and after it was all said and done the rehabbed runs were records.I guess you have to implement it before there's only half a dozen fish left and 5 of the 6 are bucks...........

well, how does that work in places that have been closed for long periods of time, like the nisqually?  no steelhead season(even CNR) in 20 years and it's still not recovering.

[ICEMAN]

Wildweeds, up there don't they let the rivers fill up with spawners before allowing any river netting?

[wildweeds]

Yeah in alot of places they do Iceman,My uncle is a fish bio up there,has been for almost 40 years,they use a fish wheel with a counter and small mesh net to funnell em through into the wheel which has a counter on it,when the river has the alloted number it's FISH ON,LETER GO! I for the life of me cant remember where the decimated runs were but I wanna say somewhere around kodiak.

Wildweeds, up there don't they let the rivers fill up with spawners before allowing any river netting?

[tmike]

I'm not sure what this has to do with a couple steelhead pictures, one of which happened to be a misclipped hatchery fish, but I'm interested which rivers those were in Alaska?

[tmike]

Never mind I see you aren't sure which ones.

[wildweeds]

I read about it in a commercial fishing magazine,my dad spent the better part of his working carreer in the fish industry in alaska,perhaps he will remember.How it equates to hatchery missclip is proper tactics and management techniques can make the need for a hatchery obsolete.

[WSU]

Wildweeds, up there don't they let the rivers fill up with spawners before allowing any river netting?

Alaska overharvests their fish and ours.

[wildweeds]

SQUIRRELLLLLL! ok back on topic ,Nice fish Tmike!

I'm not sure what this has to do with a couple steelhead pictures, one of which happened to be a misclipped hatchery fish, but I'm interested which rivers those were in Alaska?

[tmike]

 I think I've heard about what your talking about. Not sure it was salmon or steelhead though. When you find out let us know.