Word to 4Salt ! I think the LAW, ultimately is the one thing that does matter in this case. Excess runs or not, everyone has to play by the same rules. On my last to trips to the Lewis I witnessed some crazy stuff! I had to convince 2 differnt groups of people that is was not o.k. to throw into the hatchery pond. They just kind of looked at me, untill I repeated myself. One old guy had these kids amazed at how he caught a fish on each cast. Not to hard with lead melted over the ends of 5/0 treble hooks. On dude's last cast he hooks into what we were searching for... chromers. He wrecked my trip while he was on his way home. I don't care if they put these dead silvers back or not, it was the intention of him to harm as many of these fish as he could. The same fish you or I could legally hook and keep. Cat food or not.. not fair to the rest of the fishing world. We all buy licenses and tags (hopefully, cuz that's a whole different issue), so we should all abide by the same sets of rules. If you can't get a fish to bite legally, ask. I or one of my buddies will set you up and get you fishin like the rest of us.

Chris

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