The Northern California Fly Fishing Board

I agree philosophically with some of what you are saying. But the strippers co-existed with strong salmon runs for a number of years. If I recall correctly the strippers were transplanted in the 1880's and the decline of the salmon population has only been in the past 30 years.I would certainly agree with your point that predation is one of the factors that is effecting the overall salmon run on the Sacramento. I guess I would ask to what degree is the salmon population effected by strippers? I would say my biggest concern would be the issue of stripper predation is being used as a ploy for another agenda which has nothing to do with the health of any fish population. This is certainly a complex issue.