I love the way the stories get bigger and meaner as they get passed on by more and more people. Yes there was a guy that brought a 20+ lb steelhead into I believe it was Fisherman's Marine in Portland thinking it was a springer and some other people in the store thought so to. One of the clerks and another fisherman id'd it as a wild steelhead and the guy sulked off into never never land. It appeared to be an honest mistake and hopefully a lesson well learned by the offender. There was a thread on the ifish board about a week or so ago about it. There is also a poster on the ifish board that is an Oregon fish cop (thats his moniker, go figure eh) that posted that depending on what the intent of the fisherman was or the lack of intent (I know ignorence is no excuse) is how he would be sited. Now before we beat the crap out of this guy on the board ask yourself, am I perfect, have I never made an honest mistake?? I bet most of us (including myself) cannot answer yes to those questions!!! I am not defending what the guy did, just sharing what I know.
Good luck and tight lines, Jeff