My gripe is the double standard on this board. It's ok to slaughter the gene pool of fish *you* don't care about, yet you all get your panties in a bunch when someone posts a pic, or tells a story of that 30 pound native steelhead that bit the dust. Same difference, in my book. A big native fish was killed and that genetic make up is now forever lost, "healthy run" or not. It's gone. No more. Good bye.

Take a picture and some measurements. It will last longer then a mount and a "record".

Oh, and by the way Stadle, I'm calling your bluff. I want proof of your statements concerning the river I harvested that Sturgeon on. I don't care about Naselle or Willapa, as any informed Fisheries Biologist will tell you not to generalize. Be specific. You might be able to sling your BS at the uninformed, but you picked on the wrong person. Site me the exact references and I'll go look them up for us. If you are correct about that particular river and it's run of sturgeon, I'll publically apologize to this board for single handily killing that one sturgeon. The only legal size, non-breeding, sturgeon I have harvested in the last 15 years. No generalizations, please. Your references need to site the sturgeon on that exact river. Failure to come up with any relevant information will just show us..well..what we already know.

Parker - The Sturgeon King

[ 10-19-2001: Message edited by: parker ]