Totally assinine....I agree.
I support minimizing traumatizing native fish, but I really doubt most recreational anglers how the ability to catch a release effectively enough to unhook IN THE WATER.

Some of the Washington regs are just plain ridiculous and yet another attempt to mire an entangle an enthusiast in a zealous attempt to make the regulations so complicated its almost not worth the effort to comply or to make an effort to enjoy.

God forbid I dont C&R properly...get real (Whats next a trauma pack to inject the fish with Epi and penicillin) or how about (Upon indentifying species, angler is to immediately cut the line as close to the lure/bait as possible).

Oh and you can bank on those that claim heritage rights to have free reign to contiue rape, pillage and plunder. Stewards my ass....


As a transplant I am beginning to see and learn that our lawmakers are a bunch of ball-less lip service giving, morons who are placed in office by a very small percentage of the general population. VOTE!!!

Sorry to rant but there is a lot of really messed up stuff going on.....