PGE has updated their daily fish count spreadsheet which now has steelhead returns through December 31. The 2024/2025 steelhead return numbers continue to be the best in decades, but there are caveats. So far, 1,654 hatchery, 91 wild, 3 RM, and 562 LM fish have been captured in the Pelton Trap below the reregulating dam. A total of 734 steelhead have been passed into the Upper Basin. These are RM, LM, and excess hatchery. Please see this post from November for an explanation of what this means and some commentary. These are very good numbers but the glaring issue is the total of only 3 RM fish, the same count as in my November post. These are fish that the reintroduction effort was intended to create, fish naturally spawned above the dams.