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Originally posted by Katmai Kid:
I assume you are insinuating that the law was broken because the wild steelhead was out of the water. I might have missed something, but unless the person who caught the fish had already taken his one allowable wild steelhead, there was no law broken in this case. It is only illegal to remove the fish from the water if it is required to be released. If he hasn't already taken his one wild fish (we don't know either way) this was perfectly legal.
That is correct (i.e., no law broken if the angler has not yet retained his one wild fish), but this reasoning applies only if the fish was caught in a river that allows retention of wild steelhead.