09-24-2015, 05:16 PM
Even though the fish were not clipped, idfg and tribal members do run a sort of hatchery program up the Yankee fork. they use a weir to trap the fish, and not clipping the fins gives them a better chance to make it back. I would assume they had been spawned out, then put back into the ecosystem. I couldn't tell you why the tails would be cut off.
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