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Originally posted by Smalma:
A question for all you wild steelhead champions that fish for and bonk salmon.

Over the course of the summer have seen lots of pictures of unjclipped (many of which are likely wild) salmon on this and other broads. Some are from cases like the Lake Washington sockeye where harvest is allowed on an abundant healthy stock but others are from mixed stock areas (SE Alaska, BC, Neah BAy, Washington coast) which would include individual fish from depresed or even ESA listed stocks. Clearly many of you are comfortable with wild salmon harvest.
No offense, but it seems to me that your question is somewhat loaded/leading (based on the quote, above), especially with your statement:

" which would include individual fish from depresed or even ESA listed stocks."

If there are ESA listed fish in those fisheries then the WDFW needs to call a HALT to all Commercial and Native netting, along with ALL Sportfishing in those fisheries.

Are these same ESA listed fish being hammered by the Canadian and Alaskan commercial harvesters? If so, then that needs to be stopped too.

Seems they (WDFW) doesn't have the brass ones to do such a thing, IF IN FACT your hypothesis is accurate regarding the ESA listed fish.

Not saying your wrong, Smalma, but there is so much crap out there right now about what is, and isn't ESA and so much mis-information that has been spread that I don't know what to believe. What a mess.

MB