Perhaps the Tribe has "options" they are still considering. I wouldn't be too surprised to learn that they, like me, are watching the extended forecast for signs of the first decent rain before they commit to which weeks they want.

I would expect they would want to start as soon as possible, because that gives them the best chance of getting to fish over the fish that flush in and out with the tides and build numbers until the first decent rain comes. If the rain comes before they go in, they will miss out on a lot of those fish. Good news for trib fishing bankies like me; not so much for the commercials and downriver recs.

My pipe dream is that it stays pretty dry until 3 days before the Tribe sets nets (whenever that is), so the downriver crowd gets a good shot at good fishing, but some fish move into the tribs before the nets go in. We'll get something else; let's just hope everyone gets a fair chance to fish over what should be good numbers before the big blowouts start.