Doug ... discusssion and opinion are welcome. But I believe that the tone and verbage your posts failed to represent a 'discusssion' of the issue.

Rather than spend my entire rare day off bantering back and forth about this ... I'm going to make one last comment as to my feelings on the subject before I enjoy a seldom seen chance to watch a few football games: the river had a strong enough run for an open catch and kill fishery below an imaginary line, we were fully licensed for and usually did catch members of the open species, and lastly we practiced an accepted and emplaced conservation method used for virtually all other species in the rivers.