Rampant development, special interest groups, sportfishing $ that doesn't amount to anything in the grand scheme of things, and no unity of stakeholders killed salmon and steelhead fishing. It's deeply saddening to remember how good things were even 20yrs ago, and how fast it goes. I've made peace with myself that it's over, and time to move on. I believe there will be tokenary special opening salmon fisheries with quotas, where hordes of fisherman show up and reach quota in 3 days and it closes...a far cry from 2 month long seasons of the past.

Fishing in general will remain great for warm water species and trout, so not all is lost.

For those of you still fighting the good fight, thank you, however, life's too short to beat your head against the wall