Listen - it's extremely stupid...but its the law. Until the law is changed, some guides will continue to kill nates to appease their clients. The client is always right (even when they are wrong). They spend big dollars to fish the OP and want "something to show for it". If it's still legal to kill a nate, they catch one and insist on keeping it...and the guide doesn't let them keep the fish, then its game over for the guide. No tip, no repeat booking.