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plumb2fish
Im with beaverfan on this one,,anything we can do as anglers to preserve fish runs should be looked into.
Did any of you read the study to know that the only time smolts died is when they were force fed these eggs and then less than 2 died, the same number that died when they were force fed eggs au natural. This is BS folks, exzctly the kind of science that lets 70-85% of our salmon to be harvested at sea and then we are force fed "poor ocean conditions"
Anyone who is interested in what actually happened in this test should e-mail Scott Amerman as he was actually involved in the testing and disagrees with what has been published.
What's his argument?
ive seen scotts arguments,bottom line is if you need sodium sulfite to catch fish then threres something wrong,,as an angler,if we can't even give NON SODIUM SULFITE cures a chance then whats the point?we are the stewards of the river,,how about you inhale a bunch of sodium sulfite and see how u feel,,now imagine that in a 4 inch fish...can u imagine that every year in oregon rivers theres probablly TONS AND TONS of sodium sulfite from our baits that go into the river..i mean how disgusting,,also scotts an egg manufacturer so i wouldnt fully go by what he says.
That's where I was going with this. I'd like to see his opinion even though I know it will more than likely be a biased one due to the fact that ODFW studied something he profits from.