Sandy River Winter Steelhead & Hatchery Broodstock Program Tour

[@toadstkr]

Washington needs this program

[@Cs-dt7eh]

Yes we do, we used to have a program like that in forks Washington called the "Schneider creek program" very similar. Until the spay anglers/wild steelhead coalition protested that the hatchery fish hurt the native fish and ended the program. Forks has never recovered and most likely never will.

[@robgrubb420]

hard not to stare at that giant boat with the 250 on the back. what a unit.

[@kcp7042]

This is awesome. Can you guys please, please talk with WDFW?!?! We have so many rivers that NEED this program!!

[@peterosko5040]

Excellent presentation by the skipper!

[@cliffbz2301]

Very interesting to see the broodstock process.

[@deanpiccolo7276]

Thanks for sharing pretty cool to see what happens at our hatcheries and to see the full cycle and impact it has on the future harvesting of fish

[@emeraldcitydreamz]

Washington needs to get it together and follow Oregon on brood stock programs.

[@jimmyfaherty8588]

good job guys!

[@FishingTheOdds]

Awesome video guys! wish every river did the brood stock program

[@Cs-dt7eh]

I wish we did too too bad wildlife and game in the politicians here in Washington state have their head you know where... I'm happy for you guys in Oregon to have this program.

[@Cs-dt7eh]

@Jerry Boden it's hard to fish when the Tacoma power company is opening the floodgates every week. I've killed over 20 hatchery winter steelhead in the last 2 weeks on the cow. It's still nowhere close to what it used to be when I was fishing it as a kid.

[@Cs-dt7eh]

@Jerry Boden they're finally allowing us to fish for springers after a 4-year closure. This state couldn't manage a t-ball team let alone a fishery.

[@Cs-dt7eh]

@Jerry Boden I've been fishing the cowlitz since 1997 Bud you know when the A run of the steelhead would should up in November and run into the b run which is February- early April. Also used to produce 1.5 million fall Chinook fry and a great fall run but where's that Bud? Just getting started? 😂 This used to be a legit year round fishery but be happy with no fry production and massive invasive species that are destroying our fish.

[@Cs-dt7eh]

@Jerry Boden lmfao 1,700 is excellent? 😂😂😂😂😂 Do you even look at the escapement reports? Hey man I got some beachfront property in Kansas I'll sell you real cheap.

[@cfmrocks]

Reminds me of some of my favourite fishing shows growing up... Great Job brother. love the content... It Will Smoke .. hahaha

[@crazypaul3997]

We need to get that brute stock program on the Deschutes! That would be so awesome 🤘🏽

[@robertmcgaughey1734]

We need brood stock on every steelhead river

[@sergeybeast]

Agreed, be ready to get more taxes pulled out of your check though.

[@robertmcgaughey1734]

@@sergeybeast just need to have more fisherman involved and less government

[@sergeybeast]

@@robertmcgaughey1734 word on that too many fishermen and not very many fish.

[@robertmcgaughey1734]

@@sergeybeast it’s mismanaged because no one in the government can exploit and make money on an endangered species so the government does not care and the only ones who do and will actually make impactful changes are us fishermen!!! We need to be the Shepard of our rivers and protect our fish from the atrocities of civilization!! Have a good night !

[@hyperionsound]

@@robertmcgaughey1734 amen brother

[@christianbenedict5136]

Very cool thank you for the great video

[@iddddaduncan]

That's a nice boat!

[@pro-curebaitscents5836]

Thanks !! It’s a River Wild. They built fantastic boats.

[@jamesrandall6241]

@@pro-curebaitscents5836 is that a Jet Boat Motor? Or can you run Prop on lower Sandy?

[@Worthfishing]

You Gotta keep your eyes on that bobber at all times lol

[@Nik-gh6gz]

Why doesn’t odfw close the take of wild steelhead and focus more on these good hatchery programs?

[@sixsicxsicks666]

Cool!!

[@brentreese1225]

Why does Steve reel every fish so slow!?

[@ShenpaiWasTaken]

Why do they cut open the females for their eggs? Can't they squeeze them out and then release them so they can come back next year? It seems like such a waste.

[@zachh3293]

Those are hatchery fish, purposely bread for fisherman to catch and take home to there families. We don’t want those to spawn with the wild fish in the river, even though the broodstock program makes them more like a wild fish they are still raised in pens and handled by humans which makes them more susceptible to potential diseases and not as tuff as a wild spawned fish.

[@grant0410]

The broodstock ones get released back after being livespawned. Those “normal” hatchery fish don’t get put back. The reasons why is a whole other more in-depth convo

[@ShenpaiWasTaken]

Won't the fish not be able to spawn with the wild population after spawning? (The only exception I can see would be to males that might be able to spawn more than once) Why not let the females go and possible making it back next year to spawn or to grow larger for someone to catch and keep?

[@wojomojo]

If you keep selecting biters, you are going to get alligator steelheads. Humans are always going to be selfish aren't we.

[@luizaugusto770]

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