Fishing for Native Steelhead

[whitey]

Get out of his a$$ you bunch of tape worms.
Its not like he puts everyone he catches on his wall.
I would like to see them tossed back, but he wanted to keep it.
So what!!
Nice fish..Would love to see the mount when you get it back, now I will take my ban and be back in a month or so.
P.S.. I cant see the difference between a big fish or bonking a monster mulley or Bull. WTF is the difference..None..

[turkeyfeather]

What a bunch of tools!    A guy catches "his" trophy, does nothing wrong and some just have to bash on the guy. Get a life, you overgrown babies. Nice fish man, post a pic when the mount is done. 

[jackmaster]

Get out of his a$$ you bunch of tape worms.
Its not like he puts everyone he catches on his wall.
I would like to see them tossed back, but he wanted to keep it.
So what!!
Nice fish..Would love to see the mount when you get it back, now I will take my ban and be back in a month or so.
P.S.. I cant see the difference between a big fish or bonking a monster mulley or Bull. WTF is the difference..None..

just out of curiousity, do the tribes net this river that this sweet steeli was caught if it is, you guys on your high horse saying i would of done this and i would have done that as long as it didnt end with crackn that fish upside the head, need to go preach your all high and mightyness somewhere else, nets do more damage than a sportsmans hook and line.....oh and at one time wasnt the puyallup river one of the best steelhead fisheries in the world i believe it was well what do you think happened to that river it damn sure wasnt the hook and line that destroyed it, was it 

[Smossy]

What a bunch of tools!    A guy catches "his" trophy, does nothing wrong and some just have to bash on the guy. Get a life, you overgrown babies. Nice fish man, post a pic when the mount is done. 

[HTCS]

Nice fish!!!  Do what you want, man....the state says you can keep one a year, keep one a year and have that sucker mounted. 
These a$&holes can't figure it out...that was a big day for you and all your catching is hell.  I learned a long time ago not to post stories or pictures on here because I'd catch nothing but crap about what I did or didn't do, how I did it wrong, etc, etc, etc.  Your fellow "sportsman" ruined a totally legal experience for you.  You guys are a bunch of a$%hats.
Nice fish!!!!  Post pics when it's on your all!!!
Chief

[Bullkllr]

I vote for continuing the discussion in a different thread to deflect opinions away from the OP.

[jackmaster]

I vote for continuing the discussion in a different thread to deflect opinions away from the OP.

to bad swatson has even got to come back and enjoy the few compliments he has gotton, friggin sucks that he has to get bashed for somethn that is legal

[ICEMAN]

Swatson is tough and will wade through the negativism just fine.

Great fish and congratulations!!!

Bullkllr, great idea. I am heading to work now, but maybe another mod may take a look at clean up....if not, I may do this tonight.

[Cap.Silver]

One native steelie and 7 pages -priceless ,why do you need Visa just come to Hunt-WA site 

[fishngamereaper]

For those so concerned about the future of steelhead fishing, yet you brag about how many you have caught and released over the years. I urge you to read a study by Dr Bruce Tufts. In all reality you are just as much part of the problem. You are probably killing alot more than you think. If you are so passioniate about the fishery you should stop fishing it.

BTW to the OP, Nice fish.

[Swatson]

Holy smokes, woke up this morning and had a lot of reading to catch up on!  Didn't expect that!  Thanks everyone for the congrats.  To those that don't agree with keeping nates, I get it and it doesn't hurt my feelings.  People are passionate about Steelhead as I know I am.  This was maybe a once in a lifetime fish for me so I decided to keep it as it was pretty dang special to me.  For those that can't tell this is an upper Quinault fish.  It was an incredible day on the river capped with a trophy fish for me.  I let two go earlier in the day that went mid teens.  I have a 9 year old son that loves to fish and I love nothing more than taking him out and I pray that he'll be able to continue to fish for these beautiful fish when he gets older.  If I caught a 20 pounder tomorrow I'd probably let it go as I'm not about just putting Steelhead in the freezer.  The tribe takes these fish out in large numbers, I'm ok with having one in my life!         

[MtnMuley]

   Exactly.  One on the wall for your whole life makes ZERO impact to a fishery that is already destroyed by tribal nets.

[TikkaT3-270Shortmag]

Congrats on the fish!  Some real internet fish biologist on here 

[pianoman9701]

I thought one of the rules on this forum is no flaming people who've legally taken animals. I'd ask the moderator to check those posts from the beginning and remove them. The people who object to this man's beautiful catch can start another thread about their feelings. But bashing someone on their own thread is classless. Get a life.

Nice job catching a great looking fish.
PMan

[PolarBear]

 
AAAAAMEN!