Smalma, Interesting post, has anglers it's my opinion that we need to take more personal responsibility & look at our own fishing practices that will lessen our impact on wild steelhead. Your example of incidental steelhead smolt & parr mortality while targeting other fish is often over looked and a important point to bring up. I also believe C&R is not a total cure all, but it is a important start and has been proven to be a successful management tool in other fisheries has long as it is practiced correctly. But the purpose of this post is not to go into that debate.

You have provided interesting data and opinions pertaining to the NF. I am interested to hear your opinions what anglers can do to help conserve the resource and lessen our impact?

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