stopping nets is an absolute no brainer of course that would be good for fish. However that is not something we can do anything about. Until a court case gets challenged.

About habitat if you look at the habitat of the Washougal 100 years ago what you'll see is that the entire watershed was clearcut to the banks the river had 3 dams and a grist mill on it. What you'll see is that in the last 100 years the habitat has greatly IMPROVED!!!!!!!

Catch and release if done properly has almost no impact. What I cannot understand is why anyoine needs to harvest a wild fish or why anyone would want to other than greed. Explain that to me