Interesting observations prawnhunter. Are you noticing this all the time or just recently? I'm guessing the number of skinny looking kelts would start to ramp up now as spawning should be underway. From what I heard, it's just horne fish that are being used as brood, not comox. And a check of the stocking record online for comox shows no trout stocked since the 1950's, before the Taylor's started. The biologist who came to Courtenay fish and game said harvest levels in comox were lower than expected which is why the regulations are changing. I would think that this is good news!!