I am sorry but some of this is rediculous...

If you truely realize the peril that Wild Steelhead are in and you hook/land a steelhead that you think has ANY chance of survival, you should release it...even if you guess it's less than a 10% chance.

If you land a dead one, there is a decent are you either are using light-arse gear and need to rethink your rod/line rating or you are using a technique too lethal for a true sportsman.

I thought about making that call ONE TIME...glad we let that one fish go, maybe it made it, maybe it didn't...but I can still say my boat has yet to increase the demise of Wild Fish by bonking one for the fillets.

Some of you are nickel & diming the issue...buck up.