First salmon released in the Upper Deschutes tributaries returns home

Saturday, June 11, 2011 at 12:00AM
El Guapo in fish in the news, peltom round butte hydro, welcome home

A 12-pound male salmon, one of thousands of Chinook that biologists and volunteers released into the Upper Deschutes tributaries above the Pelton-Round Butte Hydro Project in 2008, has made history. It’s the first fish to return.

LINK (Via: Deschutes Passage)

Article originally appeared on Fly Fishing | Blog | Photos | Podcasts | Travel | Gear | and More (http://www.moldychum.com/).