Originally Posted By: On The Swing
Originally Posted By: fishbadger
It appears the Forks guide-set bobber crowd will be fishing, and the QIN too. . .the rest of us took it in the a$$. If rec barbless catch and release were the limiting factor (or even a factor at all) in recovering these runs Rivrguy I would agree with you, but. . . .
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Shows right there that the secret meeting with the Forks City attorney and selected forks area guides got some strings pulled by issuing threats to WDFW. Painfully obvious what's going on there.
We can thank chairman Larry Carpenter and Commissioner Don Mcisaac for that meeting and the lack of transparency about that issue right down to why the season wrap up meeting last year was really canceled. This is a line drawn in the sand by the dept that when push comes to shove they don't give two sh!ts about the stocks longevity, and that pandering to the squeaky wheel(*notice no mention of a guide package either*), acting against current science is going to continue to be the WDFW motto going into the future.


Good for them! I'm glad Forks got to keep their rivers open considering the rest of the Peninsula got screwed. Closing down rivers ain't going to help the fish so might as well enjoy what little we can in the meantime.