Nice pics floatfisher, how many species of salmon are there in Ontario? looks like you most of the same as here?
Pretty much the same out East, only difference is the "Chum" We don't see, a much smaller Cioho population, though there is heavy stockig of Chinook, esp on the State side "NY" The stocking programs I have delt with, are mainlyChinook and a part of trying to re-introduce Atlantics to the GL's.
The Steelhead, though landlocked, and mainly stocked, there are #'s of natural fish that we have seen, product of successful spawning, which n Ont as dedicated fisherman, we C&R. The regs are quite different in Ont to BC.
In the 1980's, we saw runs of 20-30,000 fish in the East, but to date, a run of 7000 fish is a good return to most East rivers
I mainnly fished the Eastern part of Lake Ont, but do know of strong returns of wild fish t ESP Huron, Superior, and Michigan. Eire also with such a closeborder, has a HUGE Stocking program for Steel and browns, let alone the 100's of thousands of chinook per yr.
Ont and the U.S Has a strong gain per anuam, from guides, and out of town fisherman, the lure f a 30+ lb "Spring" Without paying or fly to, or fish BC Has a huge draw on the GL's
Thanks for the comments folks!!
Hope to add more from the West Coast