Bass are bass, steelhead are steelhead. Did I say anything like what is suggested in your post? No, of course not. That's rediculous. The comment was directed toward killing fish, which the bass pros do not do. You can sit there and think what you want, but the fact is that killing the fish is not allowed. And that is the point. I think those guys know as much about safe handling and release of bass as we like to think we know about safe C&R of steelhead.