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Letemgo
This is for anyone who can coroborate my theory or knows the correct answer as to how they tell the difference between summer and winter steelhead at the Willamette Falls counting station. I'm guessing that fin clipped steelhead are considered summer fish due to the time they are released into the river and winter fish are not clipped because they are wild and winter runs are not enhanced with stockers any longer. Am I close? Other than timing, I don't think there is any way to tell a native winter steelie from a summer native steelie. My new fishing partner asked me that question and I have to admit that I did not know the answer for sure. Steve