There's nothing unethical about how I land and photograph a fish.

If this rule is passed it WILL be illegal.

So, the net effect will be the lunkheads will continue to mishandle fish and the careful angler won't. Just like it is today...............

Great.

So the WDFW collects a few grand in fines from the few tickets that actually get written for this violation and screws over guys like me.

WDFW lacks the enforcement now to have any meaningful effect. I simply don't believe THIS rule will have any meaningful effect either. It's window dressing of the worst kind.

Nets in rivers, kill fisheries for wild steelhead, and they don't want me to do a grab-n-grin with a wild fish. Please.

I guess if you want to enjoy that trophy wild fish you can do it in your mind, by killing it up on the OP, or by putting a crappy photo on the wall. Sorry Sparkey, those photos aren't wall quality.

The thing is, I wouldn't care at all about this proposal if I thought it would have any meaningful effect. I don't think it will. It's just something WDFW is floating so we can pat ourselves on the back and say we're doing stuff to protect wild fish, while a statewide C&R reg on wild fish doesn't even make the agenda.

Sorry I don't share your enthusiam for this proposal...........but I think it's junk.