Mike Stagg put a lot of hard work into this survey but even he has said that it's kinda flawed.

The words "All Trout" mean just that, Len. Those cohos and browns winched in by Charter boat captains as well as all of the tributary fish caught and kept are included in that number, it's not just stream trout. Those anglers I have listed in this paragraph have the right to keep fish, where and when it is legal; I have no quarrel with that.

The survey was designed to measure (among a lot of other things) angler choice in catch and release. Because anglers don't have a choice during the early season, it was eliminated fron this survey.

Pleasantly surprised that as many fish were in fact released.

Joseph