Heroic Steelhead Climbs Notoriously Difficult Fish Ladder, Survives

True story, written for the Ventura County Star yesterday by me...find it here.

And here's a pic of the heroic fish. Almost asked the biologist, Steve Howard, who is holding the 28-inch fish, if they thought of giving him a name...but that would be too cute. Gotta be a hardened journo.