Keep up the Good work Todd.

I don't think a court of law dealing with forgone opportunity would in anyway change the written law on the subject. The way I read it, it says the Native Americans are entitled to 50% of harvestable fish and sportsmen to the other 50% of harvestable fish. No where that I can see does it say we sportsmen must harvest those fish as in bonking but more like to have those 50% harvestable fish available in the river to catch as we or the state see fit. We sportsmen are entitled to fish for those 50% of so called surplus fish, if we desire to C&R them that is our right. I dought that sportsmen have ever bonked thier entire share of steelhead on any river and I've never heard of any tribes ever saying they want what wasn't bonked by sportsmen. Correct me someone if I"m wrong on that!
I believe a court of law would uphold our right to C&R on our 50% of surplus fish for the entire season if the laws by the State were changed to State Wide C&R for sport fishermen without Native Americans being able to kill those fish.