People are goint to do what they want. I think the issue is a good one to bring up for the simple fact, it takes people off auto pilot. I have no problem with photos, memories, sharing the trip, etc. of hatchery fish.

I just find it hypocritical that a group of anglers would lobby the dept to.

1. Make retention of wild fish illegal

2.Shorten the season in Puget Sound rivers to February 15 (January 31 if they had their way) because they dont want anyone to catch a wild steelhead by mistake.
3. But will those same people stop running over to the OP after feb 15
and taking pictures of the wild fish they caught.
4. Some groups want hatchery fish discontinued period.

If you want wild steelhead to have a better chance of survival, dont target them, dont take pictures of them, because its not how well you protect the fish, its that 1000 other guys will not.

Steelhead plants have already been cut. Shorten the season, leave the gates open after escapement, count the surplus fish and then watch other people question the value of producing hatchery fish that we cannot catch. Meanwhile the tribes make up their own minds. The treaty may allow them to catch steelhead, I would like to know where it says the state, the Feds or ESA statues must allow restaurants and grocery stores the right to buy an ESA listed fish and a game fish at that.

PS, I dont care if a particular steelhead run is not ESA listed. The state or feds have reduced the level of escapement so low, they have an excuse to not protect a endangered fish. You wont have much ammo to stop tribal river netting of steelhead, if they are not ESA listed.

You really know how to make friends, don't ya? That post will go over like a fart in church...

Keith

I sit with the widows, its very fishy.

Is that baitdunker ?

Great Shot!

Here's my attempt.

I didn't want to be in this one, maybe just the bottom half. The angle was just a bit too far behind for my liking, and a bit to far away. The auto focus not up to speed.

But when you have just seconds, all you have is that moment stopped in time.

Hopefully you get the money shot.

Maybe Next time,


Winterun

Lead Eater is just doing his best to gain on bait dunker in the contest to win the "Dumbest Asshole on PP" award.

bait dunker clearly has the title won, but Lead Eater doesn't want him to just run away with it.

Great pics Doc!

Keith

That second shot really shows the emotions of the moment.

Something you don't normally see in the stare at the fish pics. And that's why I'm not a big fan of them.

LeadEater is a tool, seems to go out of his way to prove it, daily.

You can drop the action, LB...you've won "biggest tool in the world" award, repeatedly...be nice, don't pile on.

Fish on...

Todd

How about if you take your photos, I take mine, and we both pretend we're doing it the right way?

Or we could go on for another 4 pages.

Whichever.

Nice pics from the Doc !

WORD.

I thought you guys might like to see the final shot I did on that Rainbow which was taken on the Old Man River in eastern B.C..

And that is why you get paid for these things Doug.