Well said, Yarf.

In the here and now, we can only control our own actions. That's not to say we can't also try to get the nets out of the water, but we can certainly control our own actions. What every other group is doing to these native fish is of no consequence to our own actions. Why whack a nate because "everybody else is doing it"? We don't need the "if everyone jumped off a bridge...." explanation, do we?

Our fishing future depends on preserving these runs. That's done by working to enhance the environment, provide food items for smolts, reducing demand for native steelhead, and releasing any natives you may be fortunate enough to catch. The tribal netting is irrelevant to the need for US to release native fish.

The "healthy" native runs are only healthy NOW. Keep killing them and they won't be healthy for long. You wanna be part of the problem because the WDFW (not know for good decision-making in the past) says it's OK? Go ahead. But don't expect me to chime in on bagging on the tribes for netting, while some of us are killing wild steelhead, too. Hello, pot. Meet the kettle.

Enough rambling now, I have some gear maintenance to do..........

Fish on...........