I'm sorry - but this new law is taking a club to the problem of fish mortality during the catch and release process.

I can't believe that lifting a fish out of the water for 10 seconds to take a photo is a significant killer (statistically) of salmon and steelhead - when compared to all the other ways they are killed by fishermen, predators, water conditions, habitat conditions, dams, etc., etc..

And....while well intentioned, some anglers are going to kill more fish trying to release them in the water than they do lifting them out of the water.

Your intentions were good Sparkey - but I really believe the end result is a bad one for anglers and a fairly non-significant one for the fish populations we all want to recover.

Just my 2 cents worth -

JK