Matt T. - Welcome to this BB.

For someone with a total of three posts on this BB you certainly have strong opinions. Nothing wrong with that. There are plenty of folks who will agree and disagree with your views. I'm not suggesting that having an open disagreement with the owner/operator of this BB is a bad thing; but it never hurts to listen.

For what it's worth, there are some rivers in the State that might be able to withstand additional fishing pressure on wild steelhead. However the biological risks are simply too great. As any angler knows, WDFW doesn't have the ability to monitor and regulate angling harvest on all rivers all the time. It's too easy for a river to get overharvested quickly, particularly with the increase in angling pressure the State has experienced over the past 10-15 years. Todd has summarized much of that discussion already so I won't repeat it. Suffice to say, I agree.

And I'll do ya one better. If I'm lucky enough to land a wild Chinook or coho salmon this year in Oregon or Washington, I'll release all of those as well.