Originally Posted by
hwchubb
I was taking a walk behind the hatchery yesterday and noticed a first, for me at least. Along with two salmon bucks, there was a steelhead that was clearly trying to spawn with a salmon hen on one of the redds. It was a steelie, not a salmon (after 30 years of chasing steel, I can tell them apart) and it was taking up a spawning position, not poaching eggs. Anyone else noticed this, or are American steeliies just hornier and more delusional than most? I mean, that describes several of my steel heading buddies, not usually the fish. Just wondering.
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