Originally Posted By: Carcassman
The closures are to protect hatchery fish returning to hatcheries. In systems without hatcheries, there is no need to close for hatchery fish protection. Wild fish are doing just fine, or they would be closed.


Wild steelhead are light years away from doing just fine. In case you haven’t noticed, rivers have not been closed to protect wild steelhead when they absolutely should have been.

You must be a former wdfw employee.