Rich G,
Thanks for the reply to my post. I suspected your convictions were true. Unfortunately not all C&R folks share them (that goes for the other user groups as well.) In my humble opinion too many C&R folks don't see their activities as having any significant impact when in fact everyone has an impact even if they don't fish. The last thing I want to do is reopen the C&R vs C&K debate here. I just wanted to be sure I understood your position clearly. Thanks.

As for your reply to my question, I agree with your statements completely.

In case you're wondering, my position on this is if generous escapement goals are met then there's nothing wrong with a harvest of surplus fish. Escapement goals should be much higher than they are now though. While I think the steelhead is the greatest fish on the face of the earth I don't view them in a "religious" way as it seems some folks do. I've heard near death threats made against someone who bonks a nate as if a fish's life is worth more than a person's! Pretty extreme! Seems to me if someone is against harvest of any kind they should direct their efforts toward changing the law that allows harvest. Not attack the individual who is simply doing what the law allows.

Doug


P.S. Monty, Your post is a good example of the attitude I've mentioned here. Your use is o.k. but no one else's is. You think you occupy some moral high ground but you don't. Just because an individual chooses to do something you don't like, even if it's perfectly legal, you think they couldn't possibly care about the resource as much as you. Anyone who sees things differently than you must be wrong and deserves to be looked down upon. Why don't you get off your moral high horse and try to; first educate others to your way of thinking in a positive manner, second work to change the laws you disagree with. Anyone can sit at a computer and spew hate toward others. That's not going to help the fish one little bit!