I'm more than satisfied to just be able to have an opportunity to catch and release a wild steely. If I'm lucky enough to hook one and play it to the bank or boat, I don't need or desire to bonk it. These are magnificent fish.

Knowing how few of these fish return to our rivers, it seems to me that if we allow the stocks a chance to build back up there might just be some around for our kids and our grandkids.

If sport fishers give up the "right" ( for at least the moratorium period ) to keep any wild fish it surely will put the focus soley on the tribes as they will be the only ones taking these fish. Wouldn't it be great, for future generations, if EVERYONE sacrificed a little to improve this situation a lot?

Like Steeliegreg said, "once the steelhead are gone, they are gone."

Release a wild fish......it feels sooooo good!
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'Tis a strange and bewildering place. Often, a steelhead will take on the first cast, and at other times, one can beat the water to a froth and swear a fish was nowhere near. --Bob Heirman