Holy shit, I live in Washington and fish lake Lenore whenever I'm in the East Side of the state. Incredibly, it has a very large population of huge fish. I can't believe that they'd do something like this, alkali lakes can and do support aquatic creatures.
I met, and fished with, the guy who caught the world's record largest fish ever caught with a fly rod (a 600+ pound mako) He released the shark after catching it. Nobody said "this is on Neatorama because he killed this shark.", the fact that somne crazy bastards fish for sharks out of a kayak IS neat.