I can see Bruces logic behind the blanket rule theory, BUT dont all steelhead go to the same ocean? It is stil relatively unknown where steelhead travel in the salt, but one of the contributing factors STATEWIDE may be adverse ocean conditions???

If it were resident trout populations we were talking about than i would be 100% agianst blanket rulings, but since steelhead travel the high seas, the statewide moratorium sounds good to me. Besides, we raise ample number of hatchery fish for people that like to take one home, so i dont see the logic in killing a nate at all...
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