SCOTT RIVER

A BLUEPRINT FOR RECOVERING LEGACY FISHERIES

MICHAEL WIER

IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, FOUR DAMS HAVE BEEN REMOVED ON THE KLAMATH RIVER, RECONNECTING OVER 300 MILES OF HISTORICAL SALMON AND STEELHEAD HABITAT. TO FISHERMEN, THIS SOUNDS APPEALING, BUT WHERE ARE ALL THE NEW FISH GOING TO COME FROM TO REPOPULATE THAT AREA AND HELP RECOVER THIS LEGACY FISHERY? BY NOW, WE ALL KNOW HATCHERIES AREN’T THE ANSWER FOR RECOVERING NATIVE FISH STOCKS. WE NEED WILD FISH TO DO THAT, AND WILD FISH NEED HABITAT. First off, I will tell you where the wild fish are not going to come from. They aren’t going to come from the Klamath River. It sounds counterintuitive, but reality is that very few fish actually spawn in the main stem of the Klamath River. The Klamath River itself is just a highway to get…

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Fly Fisherman (Digital) - 1 Issue, October/November/December 2024

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