Good Night Waldo. For a minute, I thought I was back in college studying marine biology. The bottom line is that the cash to take "care" of these fish comes from liscences. Cold but true. I don't really give a rip about all the technical, biologocal, technocrap. The fact is you have a bunch of guys on the site that love to fish, and are willing to not "intentionally" kill a fish. They have chosen to release them once they are caught. Shut down fishing, I'm sure nobody will be slipping down to the river and bonking fish, because there are so many wardens to patrol. I,m sure you'll spend the time to float the river to be part of a citizen patrol. Surely no one would ever poach. Perhaps if they did, we would be fortunate to have them do this on a day that it would have the least psychological impact on the fish that witnessed the crime. I have conducted a 24 year comprehensive study on steelheads in the Midwest, Ontario, Idaho, Klickitat River, and Deschutes. My data shows that when fish have their skulls clubbed, their guts dropped out, and iced in a cooler that they don't spawn. Fish that are released properly have a much better survival rate than those who are gutted. WHOOODA THUNK IT. As for the cultural spirit of some Natives, I have seen a huge affection with the Great Casino Bear. When I lived in Washington, the Indians netted fish, put them in the trunk of their car, and tried to sell them to the first guy that showed up on the river. What part of spirituality is this? You're going to have a hard time telling me that the runs on the Klickitat have diminished because of Catch and release.

We need new laws, because we are doing such a bang up job of following and enforcing the ones that are already in the books. Shut everything down, what the hell, they outlawed alcohol during prohibition, and that worked. Open your eyes, the ban on teen smoking is working wonders too. Our President sets a great example for us all.

Since when did Russia become an example for the world to follow. If they had the population center near those "genetically pure" steelheads you allude to, they would have trawlers out there in a second. There country is in a shambles. They rape the landscape as bad or worse than has occured in this country. Have you been there?

TV is proven to have a negative impact, and people can be influenced by it. I think between GreenPeace conventions, visits to the Dahli Llama, a hike to the summit of Everest, Xen Buddhism, surviving the Titanic, and 100 re-runs of "A River Runs Through It", you have floated to the outer edge of society. Dances with Wolves is a great flick, but those days are done. Oops, the alarm went off, time to wake up to the real world.

If you want to crank on guys who are trying to make the best of a not so great situation, I think you landed in the wrong nest. I do know several drones that walk the Root and Oak Creek with nets, treble hooks, and stringers that you could deliver a sermon to.