I myself do not believe he's a 30# but a beatiful fish none the less, I do not own a fish scale and have not personally weighed a steelhead in over 10-12yrs, I am certainly envious of that dudes buck to hand and maybe someday a fish like that and I will get another chance to play again and i WIN! I'll keep trying because that's my (our) addiction!
That is a very good example of an angler and fish positioning in that picture, and believe does great justice of true trophy steelhead! Unlike this poor example of this 40.5" taped hen caught yesterday w/Tandy on the Lwr. Q (bent not sraight & fish leaned too far back) I am not grimicing because of weight but a gnat or something got in my eye that very second of pic. so here's my

Good Luck Boys & Girls