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The salmon swam out of the rice fields Wednesday, and they came out fatter than ever.

Carson Jeffres Researcher for the Center for Watershed Sciences, left, and Jacob Katz Lead Researcher from California Trout display juvenile salmon to members of the press at Knaggs Ranch in the Yolo Bypass near Woodland on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Salmon planted in the Yolo Bypass about six weeks ago are being returned to the Sacramento River. And they're a lot fatter than they would have been otherwise, thanks to the vast banquet of insects and other food available in the bypass.​

Carson Jeffres Researcher for the Center for Watershed Sciences holds two salmon at Knaggs Ranch in the Yolo Bypass near Woodland on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Salmon planted in the bypass six weeks ago were the size of the small fish, while the large fish is typical of their size today. Salmon planted in the Yolo Bypass about six weeks ago are being returned to the Sacramento River. And they're a lot fatter than they would have been otherwise, thanks to the vast banquet of insects and other food available in the bypass.​

Jacob Katz nets several young salmon from a pen called a 'Live Car' at Knaggs Ranch in the Yolo Bypass near Woodland on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Salmon planted in the Yolo Bypass about six weeks ago are being returned to the Sacramento River. And they're a lot fatter than they would have been otherwise, thanks to the vast banquet of insects and other food available in the bypass.​

A juvenile salmon slides out of a net into a canal that will take it to the Sacramento River at Knaggs Ranch in the Yolo Bypass near Woodland on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Salmon planted in the Yolo Bypass about six weeks ago are being returned to the Sacramento River. And they're a lot fatter than they would have been otherwise, thanks to the vast banquet of insects and other food available in the bypass.​

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