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Author Topic: No Steelhead retention in Seymour River  (Read 7310 times)

Gooey

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Re: No Steelhead retention in Seymour River
« Reply #15 on: September 14, 2006, 08:46:31 AM »
One of the board memebers at the hatchery told me they had over 100+ summers last year...not a ton by any means but far greater than the 50 you are claiming?

Even if a wild fish is crossed with a hatch, those hatch genes will continue to exsist in the gene pool.  Thus using the term "wild" fish on any wiver with a hatchery could be misleading...after years of hatchery support I wouldn't be surprised if most individuals in that population carry hatchery genes.

Like I pointed out, the population on the vedder seems to be a healthy one to me so low level "polution" of the gene pool can't be that serious but keep in mind, the smaller the gene pool, the more chance you will have of getting brothers and sisters spawning and that is when the real damage can occure. 
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