I'm talking about mismanagement of opportunity in defiance of all logic.

For instance lowland trout is the premier fishery supporting WDFW budget. It definitely pays most of the bills for the dept in terms of license sales. Take a look at the plant trend on that program. Stupid management.

Also WDFW closes things for no good reason for the sake of salmon management.
For example how does searun cut closure, or lake wa closure, protect salmon? It doesn't. However spiny ray fisheries and searun cut fisheries get closed routinely to protect salmon. Never mind the lack of measurable impact. Why should other fisheries be shut to protect salmon. Close salmon fishing and be done. Again, stupid management.

Steelhead management. More than enough said on that on this board. Google hatchery steelhead and you can spend the rest of the corona shutdown reading. My contention is this is bad managment.

Sockeye? Scientifically unsupported escapment goal is maybe between 5-10 fold higher than reality. WDFW cannot see the writing on the wall here. Maybe the tibes are driving this one but whoever is driving, its not good managment.

Willapa bay is the king of stupid managment by WDFW and they own it all on this one. They've taken a fully integrated hatchery chinook population and tried manage it for wild Chinook recovery on a stream system that has no real chinook habitat. On top of that they've instituted a C&R gillnet fishery and eliminated the best performing hatchery in the complex for the sake of non-existent wild chinook. Stupid is as stupid does.