danceswithfish,i have a large number of clients that have no interest in keeping fish,they like to catch and release.if i have clients that want to keep fish,i take them to another river.i did not intentionally try to slander the program,i just don't see the long term benefit,other than supplying the river with harvestable fish.it is also my favorite river to fish and i spend a lot of my free time fishing the satsop and enjoy c&r.i also can't see how the broodstock program is going to rebiuld the native runs on the satsop.also it is my belief that the satsop hasn't met escapement goals since 95 and hasn't shown much improvment over the last 6 years.i guess time will tell the true results of the program.scott