Here's some interesting fact for thoose of you saying C&R could be as bad as C&k.

My cousin guides steelhead on a small river on Kodiak Isl with a very robust run of wild steelhead. There is a upwards of 50% of the run that spawns more than once in there lifetime. They know this because many of the fish are taged. They have had fish that have spawned up to six times.

But any ways here's the proof that C&R is pretty safe for the fish if done right. Theyhave caught some fish up to three times in one day. and the same fish year after year. One year they caught one female steelhead 17 times in a 6 week period and the next year they caught it agian.

Can there be any better proof that if done right C&R has very little impact on the survival and health of the fish.