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Originally posted by JacobF:
Let's say that some river has 100 harvestable fish. By law, the tribes are entitled to at least 50 of them. That leaves 50 for the sportsmen. Now, we all know that there's no way every one of those 50 fish the sportsmen have a shot at will be killed. Probably a majority of the ones that are caught would be released by responsible anglers and then some would not even bite at all. Some would make it up to spawn along with the rest of the fish that are required for escapement.
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If those fifty fish were listed for WSR, the the sportsman would have a shot at releasing 500 fish at a mortality of 10%...

To me it is better to have a longer season with a chance to harvest more hatchery fish than a short season where only 50 people will get to bonk 1 wild fish.

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With C&R only, people think that a steelhead on the spawning bed is a great thing and it seems like that's where their thought process ends.
Just because someone supports catch and release, it doesn't mean that they fish on the spawning beds. I fish the same stretches of rivers everyone else does. (The hatchery down on most rivers).