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Okay, then they are just picking up the eggs that did not get buried or get knocked loose from other reds. Bottom line is they are not going to hatch. They are doing no damage. This is the way things are. Be better if it was native fish picking off the loose eggs. But, the Columbia is full of nonnative fish.
yep, that's akin to some of the old timers killing every dolly varden they caught because they were always full of salmon eggs. they'll move up right below a salmon digging a redd and eat the ones that wash out while the salmon spawn. sea run cutthroats do the same thing. doesn't really affect salmon survival at all.
The reason there are so many Ruger upgrades is because they're necessary.