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Winter steelhead are beginning to move into local rivers, but it is difficult to say with any certainty what kind of winter run the local rivers will receive this year. Fisheries managers are hesitant to go out on a limb with projections.
“We do not do predictions on winter steelhead runs,” said Josua Holowatz, a fisheries biologist for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Region 5.
