I made another post letting everyone know that the WDFW has opened up the comment period for proposed regulations.

One of these regulation proposals is the elimination of the 30 fish annual limit for steelhead.

The regulation WILL NOT change the number of wild steelhead that an angler can harvest, only hatchery fish.

While I'm not a meat monger, for those that eat lots of fish, or give it away to friends, or whatever (as long as it's not wasted). I'm all for it. Maybe it might save a few more wild stock fish (salmon or steelhead) if someone chooses to stuff their freezer with them ... or perhaps they'll let a wild hen go because they caught gobs of hatchery fish and harvested them.

I'd never take more than 30 in a year, but I don't think it's a bad idea ... that's what brats are there for, and we sure want to see them all out of the systems anyhow.

What are your thoughts??