It is argued that it is unfair for certain groups to net salmon in their spawning rivers or in their feeding grounds.
It takes a skilled netter to position the net just right so that the salmon or steelhead swims right into it and the skilled netter can then bag his prize.
Hours of preparation and knowledge, not to mention risking life and limb in the process.
Nets are heavy.
Timing the run takes yrs of practice and patience.

We all know what happens when the salmon population is not controlled in this manner....
Competition for for prime redds brings them right into streams adjacent to our neighborhoods.

Killing them for fun using the most effective means possible is my right and I won't be denied!

My Daddy done it, his Daddy done it, and so will my young'uns.
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If you leave things up to interpretation, there's no room to be right.