This probably won't be the last one either.

I honestly don't know how the fishing/hunting retailers in this area can stay in business. I haven't been to Fisherman's Marine or Sportsman's Warehouse, or Cabela's in a couple years. No need to when fishing is really bad, and there is no incentive to get out. Why buy anything new when there isn't anything around to catch? I'm certainly not wearing out my existing tackle by catching all those fish.

My catch card has exactly one steelhead on it this year. No salmon. No halibut. Nothing else.

And given the dismal run-size forecast for 2020, I may not buy a fishing license this year (April), for the first time in my adult life. I know this hits the retailers hard (and WDFW), but I'm not sure it's worth the effort or expense.