Thanks, Bob and ditto to all of the above. That is one of the reasons that 696 did not pass, with rhetoric like that from one of our own.
I too see and hear many that kill native steelhead and can't understand their reasons. After all it is usually after they have had their fill of Salmon fishing in the same rivers....usually enough hatchery fish to keep and consume.
Lets keep pushing for the regs that "improve" the survival of native steelhead. If they want one to eat, send them down to Blue Creek on the Cowlitz, plenty of fish and fishin-fools there, many with the same values. Of course I have fished there myself, but that was before I had my boats and could put up with the "fighting" that sometimes took place there. I would rather fish the Queets any day!

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Steve Ng....The FishNg1
99 F-350 4x4 SD, 18ft Alumaweld Formula Vee Sled, 115 Yamaha.
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C/R > A good thing > fish all day,into the night! Steve Ng

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