We'll never do it. We're fisherfolk, and fisherfolk gonna fish as long as there's any opportunity, no matter how lousy. Besides, the lowland lake season sells more licenses than salmon and steelhead fishing, and that opportunity is still going strong.

All that said, I agree completely with the notion it's going to take a mass angler exodus (and resulting budget crisis) to get WDFW's, and subsequently the Legislature's attention. Purchasing a license is buying into the system, warts and all....