You guys crack me up who cares if it is the same fish or not? It is certainly a nice one.
There are many "secret" systems within 2 hours of Vancouver where you can find relative solitude and small wild runs of winter steel. I enjoy sampling most of them but try not to do it too often. Alot of these runs are measured in the tens or hundreds and may not be strong enough to support even modest fisheries.
When you do go make sure your C+R skills are top notch any fish killed accidentally by a poor release will be a huge loss to already severely hurting populations.