Ok, now I got your attention-Read this, I have a relative in the fish and wildlife department, so don't start making excuses---This was an Indian net, not in season of course! This goes on every day under our noses and little is done to stop it. Even the fish and wildlife admit it.
http://www.king5.com/localnews/environment/stories/NW_052507ENBfishbpoachersKC.da1bd64.html
Kids is a nice way to get you to wake up. It was not a slam although you both seem to think so. We would probably have much in common, I just can't stand to see fishermen make excuses for something that has obvious ramifications. I was out there on the Skagit starting in the 60's when everyone thought those 30lbers would keep coming back. Yes, the sportsman killed them, but for every one a sportsman took the Indian nets took 25, that is the hard truth.
Now you are bashing the steelhead club, so now you have an issue, not all members of the Steelhead club want to kill Natives, they just want everyone to be treated the same and when you release a 28lb Navite (good thing) and watch it end up in a net, what is the point?
So Todd-You come down and spend a few days with me next year on the mighty Snohomish system and we will go and do a little looking for nets in the lower river, If we don't find one I'll buy you breakfast.
Your hearts are in the right place, but you have to look at the whole problem, not just the easy answer.