Rich G,

I agree with you 100%. All native, wild trout, char, coho, and chinook should be released alive by everyone. Your comment about nature piqued my interest. I know your specifically talking about steelhead but what about the sockeye of Bristol Bay? I have heard the argument that if there were no commercial fishery (harvest)in Bristol Bay, the sockeye would superimpose many of their redds. Makes me wonder what would happen if they closed that fishery for several years to see how the populations were affected. I would have enjoyed taking notes on nature some 300 years ago to see what things were really like before humans impacted such things so.

DaveD

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