![]() ![]() The Sacramento River’s Coleman National Fish Hatchery (the only fish hatchery on the entire river system). The hatchery production (which we will touch on later in this blog) reflects how important salmon are to this state. Embarrassing really! Disappointing to say the least. Our states salmon runs are at historic lows. For more reasons then I care to list right now. Is in itself testament to the legitimacy of this blog. I feel like the chinook salmon’s historical existence in Northern California. Let me as quickly as possible take you readers for a stroll down memory lane. “Want in one hand and crap in the other”! Wishful thinking I know! As the old saying goes. We (the people) should have a say in how the revenue from our license fees are spent. We as anglers shouldn’t even have to lobby for approval or permission to improve our own states fisheries. Personally speaking, I feel like this is our states first problem. Not in the literal sense, but you catch my drift. ![]() ![]() Yet getting approval, permissions, and of course funding in California may take a act of congress. Already proving successful in other states. For example! New strategies and techniques in spawning and rearing juvenile chinook salmon. I’m here to tell you that much more can be done. By state and federal funded hatcheries in Northern California. This is all to keep the unaware thinking everything that can be done for our chinook salmon. Both in the sense of assumed costs of these particular efforts, and numbers of salmon benefitting from these efforts. Portraying in fact effort is being put forward to strengthen salmon counts in our local waterways. ![]() Intending to make the average person believe certain critical things are being done on behalf of the salmon. In regards to making department efforts, publicly known. Pertaining to the perspective of strengthening our state’s Chinook Salmon runs. Referencing effortsto this thing, or that when it comes to the states king (chinook) salmon. Insinuating the strong efforts and levels of success. Disgusts me deeply! These days you may see what I will call “ government salmon propaganda” released via social media. For me to witness what has become of our salmon runs on this amazing river. I have in a sense dedicated my life to the Sacramento River. ![]()
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