First of all I want to say that I am not for harvest of wild steelhead. With that being said here goes:

As I have said before I have great doubts that the kill fishery is the main and only problem here. Many rivers have be on emergency closures for years and many rivers have closed for harvest before the runs were in real jepordy. However many of these runs haven't returned or even increasted one iota, Why? I don't have the answer but it seems the WSFW don't either.

We've taken taken away the dreadded and greedy sport killers and the runs aren't returning? May be the C&R guys estimates on incidental kills are too low may be it 80 to 90 percent not 20 percent. Even at 20 % mortality how do you C&R guys live with your self if that fish you just released is the one out of five. Maybe it's the non-tribal netting taking hundreds of fish in one set. Tribal netting where the 50/50 split really dosen't apply,with them taking fish for ritual purposes and taking what we don't take. Maybe it's environmental with the growth and chemicals we pump into the water and air dayly. The list could go on and on we all have a hand in this NOT JUST ONE GROUP. We need to band together to stop the greed. Top to bottom.

One other thing I have been wondering about is this catch and release regulation. There has been some debate over the mortality rate of C&R I don't really know the estimates but I here anywhere from 5% to 20%. . So the C&R guys could be killing as many as 5 to 20 in 100 fish. As I read the regs when you harvest your one fish you are done fishing for the day go home no more fishing. A C&R guy can fish all day say he catches 10 fish at 10% he's killed one fish also.?????? Also the native killer now has to become a C&R guy the rest of the year. So I believe the C&R guy is to blame also. I believe compromise is a good thing, maybe one fish is a good compromise to make a native killer a C&R guy. Maybe this is the common ground we can band together on not fight over while the other factions take an even stronger hold.

Remember when you point fingers: one points to the other guy while three points at you.