Everyone is pissed off at the State and the Indians for allowing wild steehead to be killed. The whiteman guilts the other whitemen for killing wild steelhead. When my freezer is empty of hatchery fish I will kill a smaller (under 12 lbs) wild steelhead to eat. I enjoy catching and eating steelhead and as long as they are selling wild steelhead in Pike Place market I will keep wild fish as well.

Look at the regulations, the rivers that allow the retention of wild steelhead are the same ones that the Indians net. The State has to, by law, let sportsmen keep wild fish where the Indians net (Bolt Decision).

Everybody wants to point the finger at everyone else and not take any blame whatsoever. Catch and Release causes fish to burn calories that are needed to get to spawning grounds, just as fish ladders around dams do.

Any thoughts?