Those spawning streams aren’t pristine by any standard, but they still produce a decent numbers of fish.
My point is you have wild trout in a very urban setting.
I’d rather see the lake managed for a native species like the cutthroat then for hatchery fish like the sockeye that if you are lucky might get to fish for once a decade.
It’s been what, 14 years since the last season? That program has been a great success....for one user group.
The past few times there has been public input I’ve requested that the limit be reduced to two cutthroat. I’m not sure anyone would want to eat anymore then that based on the health advisories on them.
I also like to see the limit dropped to two on Sammamish as well.
You see guides taking two anglers then posting pictures of 15 fish because they kept a guide limit also, then folks bitching later in the year how cutthroat fishing sucks and nothing but small fish.
I wonder the [Bleeeeep!] why?
WDFW says there are enough fish to withstand the current bag limits.
Where have we heard that before before things go to hell.
After talking to a couple of their employees at last years NOF meeting I got the feeling they have no clue what the population of cutts are in either lake.

Just my take on things and I doubt we’ll ever get to see the true potential of either lake.
SF