there is an interesting artical in the recent Salmon & Steelhead Journal on Washington State's Steelhead Plan, although I would like to actually get a copy of the Plan itself... not rely on it second hand (will do some research now to find it online). It seems that allot of this is being done as "experiment" or speculation since no hard data is apparent. my fear is that the future of sports fishing for steelhead will be left to good producing hatchery rivers like the Sky and Cowlitz. that all of us sports fisherman will be forced to choose between these 2 streams while the others become wild steelhed santuaries.... and to BEEZER's point, I can already imagine the shoulder-to-shoulder situation that something like this would result in. like the Skok is to Fall Chinook being one of the only open fisheries.

I, personally, do believe that conservation is important. But I hope that the Steelhead Plan results in more concrete solutions at managing these dwindling fisheries rather than taking random shots in the dark to experiment for results. way too important to play around with.