I think it's interesting that many people have double standards when applying the law to salmon and steelhead. I posted on a topic nearly identical to this scenario last year, except it involved Bait Box Hole coho being foul hooked (snagged) by the trailer hook from a mooching rig and landed backwards. The majority of the responses were in favor of keeping and BBQing the fish because "it went for the herring." In this scenario the 20lb steelhead clearly also went for the sandshrimp bait and probably also got hooked by the trailer. Similar scenarios, same results, yet different reactions from members....