NKlamerus
Someone at the ramp mentioned that they collect them from eel lake and transplant them over, maybe with stocked trout?sure looks like a steelie, I don't see any connection path to the ocean for Saunders, has me wondering if it somehow got mixed in and planted with a load of trout?
in that lake would have been legal to retain as your 1 trout/day over 20".
They put recycled steelhead in a lot of lakes to increase angling opportunities. Vernonia lake, Lost lake, EE Wison, etc. Saunders likely gets some from somewhere, maybe Eel or somewhere else.Eel lake does get a run of steelhead but the question would be...why move any? lol
surprise fish can be such fun, great catch.