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Trophy steelhead — now
Submitted
G.I. Wilson nabs a 16-pounder
holding/transportation con-
tainers and delivered to the
hatchery.
These fi sh are live spawned
and returned to the river.
Smoldts are reared, adipose
fi n clipped, and released into
the river.
Anglers have bought into
the project. They must obtain
clearance from State Police
before they may capture wild
steelhead and transport them
to the local hatchery. But if
you have game violations in
the past? Forget it.
Boat anglers pick up bat-
tery-driven transport boxes
to keep fi sh safe during the
trip to the hatchery.
Bank anglers, after clear-
ance, may pick up live-tubes
and hold captured fi sh until
ODF&W staff takes them to
the hatchery.
Bill Monroe, longtime
outdoor writer for the Ore-
gonian said, “Not only does
this breathe new life into the
fi shery, but gives anglers an
opportunity to become in-
volved.”
River guides have bought
into the project and have
found that clients get excited
about capturing a beautiful
wild fi sh and delivering it to
the hatchery.
Jack Smith of All Seasons
Guide Service has provided
powerful leadership to the
project. He approaches it
this way, “Land a wild fi sh.
We can take this fi sh to the
hatchery. Two years from
now, you can return and have
a chance at catching its prog-
eny to eat. Or, we can release
it and hope it spawns on its
own.”
There is still a lot of work
to do. Hatcheries continue to
struggle with buildings and
equipment built in the 1940s.
In most cases, they can only
survive with the help of vol-
unteers.
Powerful groups would
still like to close hatcheries.
The Legislature continues to
goes as planned, we will be
fresh and ready to race in
Bend.”
Alex Beard picked up the
only event victory for the
McNary girls in the 200-yard
individual medley, fi nishing
with a time of 2:24.06.
Even though the Lady
Celts didn’t win any of their
relay races, Lewin was par-
ticularly impressed with his
200-freestyle team of Beard,
Paris Boyd, Kaylynn Vil-
lalobos and Alyssa Garvey —
who just missed out on fi rst
place by less than a second
(1:48.60).
Out of the four swimmers,
Boyd was the one who swam
the fastest 50-leg (26.65).
“I had several kids come
out with big swims, but I
would say Paris Boyd was
one of the most impressive,”
Lewin said. “Paris led off the
relay with one of her fastest
50 (times) and the other girls
backed it up for an awesome
team effort.”
Kyle Hooper got the fi rst
individual victory on the
evening for the McNary
boys, winning the 100-but-
terfl y with a time of 1:00.11.
By MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
Both of McNary High
School’s boys and girls swim
teams had won their last
three respective duals coming
into their meet with South
Salem.
However, the Celtics
couldn’t compete with one
of the best programs in the
Mountain Valley Conference
as the boys squad fell to the
Saxons 104-48, while the
McNary girls were defeated
107-47 on Thursday, Jan. 17
at the Kroc Center.
Even though the results
on the scoreboard didn’t play
in the Celtics favor, McNary
head coach Casey Lewin felt
like each of his teams put
together high-quality times
and are placing themselves
in good position for the Dis-
trict Meet — which will take
place Feb 8-9 in Bend.
“I feel like we swam very
well. We had several kids get
best times and show im-
provements with technique,”
Lewin said. “We have been
putting in solid yardage at
practice and the swims are
showing that. If our taper
by G.I. Wilson
use hatcheries as a political
football.
Want to see how success-
ful the project is? Drive over
to a boat launch on one of
these rivers in January, Feb-
ruary or March and look for
a parking spot.
Better still, dust off that
rod and reel and hook into
one of the most exciting fi sh
on the planet.
Our rivers are now pro-
ducing these trophy-class fi sh
that anglers can take home
and eat.
Hatcheries are releasing
more smoldts that are the
progeny of wild fi sh. After
2019 there will no longer be
an Alsea Strain in our rivers.
Not only is this “Brood-
stock Project” producing
trophy-class steelhead, but
anglers can become involved.
KEIZERTIMES/Matt Rawlings
McNary’s Ben Anderson
swims the breaststroke por-
tion of the 200-yard individ-
ual medley relay at a meet
last month.
Hooper
and
South
Salem’s Alistair Heringer
raced identical times for the
fi rst 50 yards, but Hooper
was just able to pull away
down the stretch of the race.
“Kyle’s 100-fl y was a good
race for him,” Lewin said. “It
was nice to see him chal-
lenged...He went out fast
and was able to fi nish strong
to get the win.”
Harrison Vaughn was the
only other Celtic to win an
individual race, taking home
the victory in the 500-free
(5:16.65).
Vaughn and Hooper, along
with Wyatt Sherwood and
Jabez Rhoades, also helped
McNary win the 200-free
relay (1:41.43).
McNary returns to the
pool on Tuesday, Jan. 29 for a
4:30 p.m. dual with McKay
at the Kroc Center.
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Want to go for that trophy
steelhead you have always
dreamed about? Your chances
are better in January through
March than any time of the
year.
We are talking about
world-class steelhead, 14-20
pounds, now coming into
our coastal rivers.
These rivers have always
had runs of native, or wild-
fi sh. For many years, they
were not considered game
fi sh. There were no restric-
tions. Anglers were able to
harvest them for market.
Finally, they were given
legal status. Seasons and re-
strictions were adopted. The
species became popular with
a demand for more fi sh.
Hatcheries were built
and fl ourished. Word spread.
Our rivers became a mecca
for anglers eager to do battle
with exciting game fi sh.
Millions of smoldts were
released. Anglers fl ocked to
Oregon’s rivers. For a num-
ber of years, the Nestucca
River was listed as the num-
ber one producer of steel-
head fi sh in the world.
Hatcheries initially ob-
tained their smoldts from the
Alsea River; soon, all hatch-
eries began producing the
Alsea strain.
This continued for de-
cades. Gradually the strain
began to weaken. On low
water years, the surviving
fi sh became the ones that
raced upriver. A strain devel-
oped that raced back to the
hatchery. Harvest numbers
dropped. Fish were trapped
and hauled back downriver
to give anglers another shot
at them.
Anglers became increas-
ingly frustrated.
Wild fi sh continued to be
harvested. Numbers dropped
dramatically. and biologists
became concerned. Wild fi sh
had to be protected by law.
The next few years be-
come a blur of court battles.
Environmental groups want-
ed all hatcheries closed.
Smoldt releases plum-
meted. Court battles raged.
Confl icting scientifi c studies
attempted to deal with the
issue.
Anglers, who simply
wanted to be able to catch
a fi sh and eat it, raged on all
fronts.
Out of all this chaos, in
2002, the Oregon Depart-
ment of Fish and Wildlife
(ODF&W), with the support
of river guides and groups in
Tillamook County, came out
with a project that has satis-
fi ed all governing restrictions,
as well as the special interest
groups that were involved.
The highly successful
Wild Broodstock Collection
Project was then formed.
Wild fi sh were captured
by rod and reel, placed in
McNary can’t keep
pace with South
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