The last several years have seen the number of clipped fish released go down on some systems,while the hatcheries know how many hatchery fish they have released it is pretty hard for them to know how many actually return to spawn and it is even more difficult to determine how many wild fish there are,if you want to increase your chances of getting a hatchery from the vedder spend your time fishing the lower river ,if you fish mostly in the upper river ,while catching hatchery fish is still possible,it is more remote due to the fact a good percentage of them are caught before they even get to the upper portions.