Drifter, I have fished with a couple of guides on the Lower Quinalt. Call the tribal office and ask for a list of the "licensed" guides (approx 20). I believe the phone number is in the Wa. St. fishing regs under Quinalt River, if not it must be on the web. Most of the guides don't practice c&r but releasing a fish is always your option. They have a very healthy fishery that is mass netted and sportfished but yet the returns are fantastic and the hatchery fish are huge and numerous. I was given a tour of the hatchery (very small by our states standards) by my guide on a rained out day and I was very impressed by the information presented and the employees themselves. No fish under 12lbs. were used as hatchery stock on the day I was there, and several HENS OVER 20LBS. were captured in the nets. They use gill nets to snare the returning fish at the hatchery, the nets are set and watched until a fish hits the nets and moves the floats, then the guys pull the nets and place the fish in the retention pond until time to spawn. I respect the fishery that these people have developed and most importantly they have not destroyed like some other rivers. snit