I love to fish. Always have, always will. My kids and wife, my brother, and multiple friends, have all fished or would fish with me, if the fishing was good. Otherwise, they could care less. If fishing were decent, I alone could get a few hundred dollars in fees to the department, from people who may only go out once or twice. It doesn't have to be anything special, even a few pinks. But, what has happened is that even if the pinks or chums are there, because no other opportunities exist, the crowds are not something I want a novice to put up with. In the end, I rarely ask anyone to come along. Lately the opportunities have been so poor I don't even want to submit my diehard friends to come along. It feels very hard to ask someone to put up money for a license, go out all day, and not even see anyone catch anything. The more they kick up fees without producing, the less money they will get. The downward spiral is not going to end unless they get a clue about how the market actually works. The demise of the Snoopy Classic is a perfect example. Even this crowd feels uncomfortable asking others to show up for a near non-existent opportunity.