For some preverse reason decided to check this discussion - got to love when folks shoot from their hips. Why do folks believe so many myths?

Sol Duc -
Let's how does a 1 wild fish per day and 5 per year from a coastal region that has been determined to have healthy populations sound?

That would be the Oregon Coast and wild (un-clipped) steelhead are legal to harvest on the Checto, Elk, North Umapqua, main Umaqau, Rogue, Sixes and a couple smaller streams under the above regulations. Sound familar?

BTW - Do so many of you feel that there should be no harvest of wild steelhead because the resource is in trouble or that releasing wild fish has the potential of inceasing fishing opportunity?

If you feel the resource is in trouble I would suggest that you serious consider your impact on the resource as you catch and release dozens of fish a year. If one truly believed that was the case concern anglers would be limiting the wild fish catches (say less than 10/year).

Tight lines
Curt