Keeping a wild steelhead is a stupid selfish thing to do anyway.. how about a two centruy ban on sport harvest of wild steelhead!!!
There are enough hatchery fish in the state of Washington that at no time should ANYONE EVER need to keep a wild one.. Period.. thats it and their ain't no more...

As far as the tribal issue is concerned.. we have no right to tell the tribes to quit killing them if we as sport anglers are still harvesting them.. This regulation gives us a leg to stand on in that regard.

want steelhead to eat??? then catch a hatchery one.. It's very easy to do in any steelhead river in the state...