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bigfootfish
Sorry there, Masmith. Coho have never been native above Willamette Falls. At least according to those who have spent millions of our fishing license bucks researching that subject.
BFF
In the course of my reading it was the locks and the diversion of water for them which blocked the coho's passage. Prior to the locks, they were native above the falls but no one tracked or counted them. Then by the time we started caring enough to count and track we'd made the run above the falls extinct.
chris61182,
Well, that sounds quite interesting. Imagine that, something the ODFW doesn't know about. What you said makes a great deal of sense. Can you name your reading sources? I'd like to read the same stuff you have. Your knowledge contradicts everything I know about the multi-million year history of the Santiam River Systems. I'm looking forward to your reading materials.
BFF
Well. I've got to agree with fishtopher. Cave paintings were painted many times after celebrations or during celebrations. Usually the artists were very....unsober. Lots of medicines in the forms of abundant herbs raced through the veins of those artists. Party time after an abundant fish harvest.
We may really never know what the truth is concerning certain fish species up above W. Falls.
One definition of the word native in relation to fish is this: if those fish could infiltrate waters completely on their own without help from man, then that fish could be considered native. If a species of trout were transported and planted in a stream and they spawned and multiplied, those fish born in that stream would be considered natives to that stream but not a native species.
If has been great debating this issue. Heck, I'll just enjoy catching 'em!!!
BFF
I did start a cool thread though, didn't I?
As much as they like to think so, Ifish'ers dont write history.