Originally Posted By: Salmo g.
Steeliedrew,

There are countless threads on this forum that go into a lot of detail on this subject. Some provide citations to scientific papers and reports. The upshot scientific conclusion is that your buddy doesn't know his azz from a hole in the ground regarding hatchery and wild steelhead genetics.

Sincerely,

Salmo g.



Good point Salmo, and you might add the jackwagons who preach that there are no longer any truly wild fish.
A fishing license and pole makes you a fisherman, it takes something far different in understand fisheries science.