It's a great start but I'm hoping for the day that everyone will have the balls to not keep ANY of them. I remind all of you that people pay thousands of dollars to travel to world fishing destinations to catch and release. Some may now say to me that it's never enough for guys like me but Bob himself said he's guided the Oly Pen for 30 years and has seen a huge decline in numbers. I've fished the Oly Pen for over 50 years and decline is putting it mildly. Very mildly! It's not just fall kings...it's everything!

As in this case guides should be leading the way to ultimately all catch and release. This can only help to insure their future business. After all, a guy takes his fish home shows it to a few people and that's the end of the story except for the picture of the fish. The picture is the true trophy. How many people have kept the fish and take the picture later in the day and the thing looks like a chum! Carefully taking the picture at the point of landing while it's in its best shape is optimal. The fish doesn't really need to be taken out of the water. Now you have your trophy and hopefully the released fish spread its genes and bolstered the population. I've caught many hundreds of salmon and steelhead at the very least and been fortunate enough to have fished "back in the day" and for those of you that are too young to relate and know only what is happening now....you have no idea what you missed and with the continued killing of these fish will always miss. I think we have a built in instinct to want to bonk a slab when we catch one...but we also have intelligence (most of us) and that intelligence should be telling us to stop being selfish and to band together once and for all and get this sh!t fixed. Bob you should be commended for what you're doing and I hope that someday with your influence you will lead the charge to total catch and release until it is fixed. If an old timer like me can do it anyone can do it.