P.O. Box 235 Reedsport, Oregon 97467
541-662-5505
grwbstep@gmail.com

This Year’s Smolt Arrive for Acclimation

Salmon Trout Enhancement Programs

This Year’s Smolt Arrive for Acclimation

Smolt acclimated at the Winchester Bay STEP site will instinctively return, as adults, to the site as an artificially pre-determined spawning location. By doing so, STEP salmon will not swim upriver to compete with wild populations on the spawning grounds. They linger in the boat basin creating a ” terminal fishery” and are captured as “Brood Stock” to reproduce offspring for 2023.