Okay, I'll chime in. First of all I know very little about fish unless it pertains to fishing. I have bonked a wild fish years ago before they were in so much trouble. Now I am all for WSR. The fish are in trouble and need any help they can get. You as fishermen should be glad to help in any way even if it means letting them go. It may not help as much as stopping the comercial netting but it will help. It may be the difference between sure extinction and barely escaping extinction. On the flip side I would love to see populations healthy enough that a person could keep a wild fish once in a while like they were and did years ago. I can recall standing in a river and having wild steelhead swimming between my legs or stopping to rest in the still water behind my leg as they moved up the river. The fishing was good and the wild steelhead tasted even better. If we could reach that point again then why should anyone have a problem with keeping a limited number. Isn't that what management is about?
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