I have a bad feeling this seasons jump in GH numbers with no one fishing will be ammo to keep everything closed in future years. Especially if the tribes say so. Not that it is a bad thing, just more steelhead pressure elsewhere. Really a good time to boost summer steelhead production in all of GH and abandon hatchery winter steelhead altogether. Maybe with this the wild steelhead numbers will jump and provide at least a C&R fishery with strict regs in the future.
A question: Are we able to have a steelhead C&R fishery on any tribal river without tribal commercial activity at the same time? Are trades available in the negotiating game to have such a fishery without nets participating?