I don't have the time this eveing to write you a lengthy reply .. but something's obviously not right with the numbers. First off, I can think of 8-10 fish we reported released on a couple of trips, so that accounts for "half" of the released fish. Something smells a little fishy ...

Secondly, the water has been very high for some time now and the plunking bars have been taking the majority of the fish until the past few days. How many fish get released on the plunking bars??

Thirdly, I know of 15 or so fish released by the "Chin" party we fished over the week-end that were never checked.

Fourthly, I haven't been checked once in C&R only water for as long as I can remember.

Fifthly, fish retained for the Snider program are considered harvested fish, so about 40 or so of these fish that would normally have been released go in the harvest column.

Without trying to be too pissy about this, I think this is a case of the real-world vs. the state office world.