I guess this topic is the big kahunah and is here to stay,oh well. It's all about impact on the fish. The line that 100% of bonked fish don't spawn is true, but doesn't mean much. Example 1, One guy fishes all the time and cnr's 100 fish in a season. Another guy fishes a few weekends and keeps 2 fish for the whole season.Who is making the bigger impact? Example 2' One guy fishes a few weekends and cnr's 5 fish all season. Another guy fills a whole punch card, puts them in his freezer and uses them for crab bait next summer becuase they all got freezer burned. Who is making the bigger impact? Why not just have a low season limit of retained fish and a limit on how many can be caught and released? And, if possable, have WDFW identify major spawning areas and close them to all fishing.
Now what we realy need to do is get those dams off the Elwah and elect some politicians that will actually do something to recover all our fish.