No offense Prawn Meat but people with attitudes like yours is the reason I made this post.

And yes every Nate that is bonked does make an impact. Dont care what anybody says every nate bonked is less fish the next cycle. There just arnt enough wild steelhead in any system for harvest.

Nature has a formula to keep a balance and human harvest is not part of thet formula.

Wild runs are very fragile and everything affects them.