I say close it down on all the tribs at 10pm till 5 am. Give the fish a break!  Some folks act as if these fish where Gold!  I love fishing for steel. It wouldn't bother me one bit for them to shut it down at 10pm and be able to start fishing again at 5:01 am.
 
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okay the question I have is how good is the fishing at night?? has anyone ever had phenomenal sucess (and don't say you caught over 100 fish in a night cuz ill have to stand on my computer chair) at night?  I figured all the lanterns and such would shut the fish down, but personally ive never night fished for steelhead. 

Changing conditions effect night fishing the same as daylight fishing. So how "good" it is depends on the conditions.   Sometimes you can  catch them at will, other times you wish you were sleeping, lol.  I don't use a lantern, I do think it effects the bite, but not necessarily stops the bite, just changes it. I've seen guys slam them in the bright light of lanterns. I always do best though if I avoid the lanterns and fish jigs in total darkness.   Lots of new things to learn about them in the dark. They will act and hold much differently at times.  For instance, this fall when the fish were stacked in the logs at elk, I can't tell you how many fish I caught two feet from the bank, before the line of ball waders came stomping in just before daylight.  When the water was low, all the flow that was in that stretch was on the bank everyone fished off of in 12 inches of water, those fish only layed over in the logs when people drove them over there.  Once everyone left they moved out to hold in the current in the shallow water.  A small glow float set 12 inches deep with any jig hamaareed the stelly's.
 
 
A flashlight/headlight is much easier to deal with and easier to see with than a lantern. I can't believe people still lug them around, oh well.

spoon,
I understand the regs. all I said to doc was I dont agree that they shut the whole stream down .