Originally Posted By: Lucky Louie
Since it appears that all are fishing legally, then a regulation change is in order.
What is it going to be:
No retention of wild steelhead ---OR--- no CnR season? A compromise of both changes would work best for the wild steelhead.

No retention of nates is a no brainer. If someone has the argument that C&R is such a dangerous practice and its killing the fish they clearly dont fish at all or often enough to even have the opportunity to catch and release a native.

If everyone had the proper river ethics and knew the proper way to catch and release then we would not have the problems we are faced with. Its the bad apples that make the rest of us look like a**holes to the uneducated and the peta pushers. Most real passionate fisherman I know care more about the species than fishing itself.