OK OK here it goes again:
There's a fish hatchery on the Northern Columbia River, near Okanogan, the pens are between 2 dams. They breed Triploids, a hybrid Salmon/Steelhead (Sea run rainbow trout) cross. They raise them for lake stocking. They busted out of their holding pens, so there were almost 100,000 2-6 lb Triploids that are now loose in the Columbia but stuck by the dam. So FISH ON!!!! The limit is 2 per person per day, but the fun is to catch and release all day and keep the big ones. They hit about every 10 minutes. We're smoking some today. Taste like Kokanee, pinkish meat, some white, more Salmony than Trouty usually. It's really cold and snowy, so they'll still be plenty in the spring.......Hooyah!!! I can get a ski boat anytime.... We could do a group fishing, skiing, boarding, tubing, better wear a wetsuit even in the summer camping trip/Bar-B-Q!!!!