I had thought about it for a while and decided to make the same choice a while back.

I do think that it probally dosent hurt in some places. But I made this decision for a few reasons.

1. I preach wild steelhead release so I felt a little like a hypocrit for killing wild salmon.

2. Im not poor, Im not starving and there are plenty of hatchery fish out there to satisfy my needs. I just dont have a reason good enough to kill a wild salmon.

3. And agian I kept asking myself why and I just could'nt answer it.

So I decided to error on the safe side and not kill anymore wild salmon.

For those of you that do well thats your choice and I dont think the majority of fishers are ready to release wild salmon. Shoot most wont even release wild steelhead.