Excellent post SALMO! What you did is called thinking before posting.

Hard to tell a snagged Salmon from gill netted one, once it is cooked. Especially if its a bunch of hungry kids that only care that it's food. I have stated before that some systems can support a snag legal fishery. If we open up those systems that allow thousands of lockjawed hatchery fish to rot, that would help provide lots of protein to needy family's. That will allow for better management of both the environment and the fishery of some streams. A good example would be the Quillcene(Killscene) River. If it had a small window for a snag legal fishery and then closed, the river, property owners, and fish would benefit greatly. This could free up Officer's for areas that really need protecting, where runs are threaten.

There are snag legal fisheries in Canada as well as Alaska that get raved reviews by the locals. Something to think about. <img border="0" alt="[wall]" title="" src="graemlins/wall.gif" />