I was going to refer you to the https://wdfw.wa.gov/about/advisory/crssrab as there used to be a fairly good record of meeting minutes and projects funded by the CRE.

Unfortunately the new website was stood up without all of the information previously available also having been migrated to the new website.

I would suggest it is not a matter of whether there were some benefits to recreational anglers......a better question is whether the benefits were worth the cost. But that is another matter.