The 2023 Skeena Steelhead Return Is Anything But Stellar
The continuing downward steelhead returns have several retired fisheries biologists increasingly frustrated by the status quo management approach. With that in mind, they have sent …
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Skeena, The Continuing Saga
An update from Bob Hooton on the shifting baseline on the Skeena. People have been anxiously awaiting news from the Province of British Columbia’s steelhead …
Dear Minister Murray
The next time you’re tearing your hair out over U.S. and state agencies fumbling steelhead management remember this; it could actually be worse, much worse. …
The Hill To Die On
In the tiny little political world of British Columbia steelhead, one issue has dominated for the past decade; the plight of the Interior Fraser Steelhead. …
The Ghost of Christmas Past
A holiday message from Bob Hooton on the ghost of Christmas past. In spite of all the downside for steelhead and their dedicated advocates today, …
Is Anyone Paying Attention?
The situation on the Skeena is even grimmer than we thought. The Skeena steelhead return of 5,300 fish was only the number of fish estimated …
In The Meantime?
Bob Hooton addresses the elephant in the room when it comes to Skeena steelhead. If the angling community wants to continue to enjoy what the …
Justification?
That sound you hear is the crickets from the angling business community. The ides of September is upon us. There isn’t the remotest possibility there …
Conservation vs. Commerce
The steelhead angling community has begun to eat its own when it comes to responding to the abysmal returns on the Columbia. For many of …
Skeena Continued
Some people in the angling community are taking the situation seriously.