I applaud Salmo g. for bringing up ethics as many neophyte do not understand what is right but just what is legal.

There is another site that is filled with fisheramn bragging about catching smolts and fishing for salmon on redds...it is very important to not only teach what is legal but what is right.

Sad to see a new generation of fishermen carrying more about numbers then the aesthitics of the sport!

Anyways...from what I understand, it is not illegal (but it is wrong). And IMHO, I have a wonderful time watching species such as coho, chinook and steelies spawn as it is a rare treat...it is a much better time observing Mother Nature at her finest then catching a boot.