You OP and Sound guys get to see these things everyday!
But those of us who live down south specifically the southern OR coast don't!

But yesterday dad and I managed to get out and look what he found.
21# hatchery broodstock buck



caught side drifting a red puff ball, eggs and a 2# gami on a TH 1024s

SWEET! Nice Fish!

Congrats! TH
Very nicely done!

I hope he gets a mount for Christmas! That thing is gorgeous!

Very nice pig!

dude we dont get those on the OP that much and on the sound a 21lbs steely is even rarer! nice fish though!

To the tune of " Sweet Caroline"

Sweet Caroline!!!!!!

Very nice fish!!! Keep posting pic’s like that and I’m moving to Oregon. :p

We could have some big fish in local westside rivers........IF, we used BIG MALES AND FEMALES for some of brood Stock and kept them separated for the "normal 7 - 14 lb" brood stock fish.

Anyone that fish's the west side "creeks" knows which has big fish.

Just so glad I had the opportunty to catch quite a few, 20+ lb, before the numbers got so low. Just so you know, most were caught in the 70's and 80's. Biggest was 26 lb 7 ozs. off the Queets, then a 23 lb 11 ozs. off a local river "that never placed in the TU derby" we had as that time. Still can't believe that......
Even got to "hook and line" some brood stock fish that were "big".

Hope all have a Merry Christmas and may the New Year bring "tight lines for all"

"worse day sport fishing, still better than the best day working"

Nice fish, TH!

Nice, really nice!

Like I said on the other board....

Bless the broodstock program. That's a DANDY.

Sure makes our WA 5-7 lb hatchery dinks look bad.

Nice.Good luck,
STRIKE ZONE

Nice fish TH! Now that's a bonker!

Nope, don't see hatchery fish around here like that. You see, up here for the last 30 years weve continually taken the eggs and sperm from the surviving hatchery fish that a: can make it through the nets and b: don't bite anything once the reach the terminal. The result: you get a fish that is about 4 lbs and doesn't bite worth a crap.

Although I did get one today......

Ike

I posted these last year, but since we're talking about SW washington's broodstook, their worth looking at again.

My little buddy with a 20-pound Humptulips fishy.


My little buddy with an 18-pound Nooch fishy.


He caught these on back to back days while I struggled for a hind tit.


And, let us not forget the grandest of all hatchery fish ever landed: Tim Zimmerman's 30-pound monster.


They're out there men. Go get-em.

WOWZA!!!!!

damn!

WOW...those are some fishies! (all of them!).

SO, probably a dumb question...but why do they call it a broodstock fish? Is it because that is the one they wanted at the hatchery? Did ya take it there so they could get the good "stuff" out of him? (might not have been an option...beats me.. )

All in all...those are awesome fish, and "someday" I hope to tie into one of those hogs....just for the battle...would hate to kill such a beautiful fish, unless the hatchery needed him/her.(or is that not realistic?)

Mike

Broodstock fish in this instance refers not just to fish used for egg/sperm take, but a more recent trend in hatchery practices where wild fish are captured from the parent stream (usually by hook and line) the eggs are collected and fertilized, raised in the hatchery, and then released back to the parnt stream. That way, the hatchery fish (or "broodstock fish" as everyone likes to call them) that come back are never more than one generation away from wild lineage.

wow, i fish in oregon every year for steelies, but haven't landed a hatchery fish like that! Maybe this year, i think oregon has great fisheries and hatchery programs! Nice fish TH!