Originally Posted By: Lifter99
Whether opportunity on the Satsop was lost or taken away (as RG stated) the result was the same.The trib fishermen got screwed by WDFW as far as coho are concerned. I am a bank angler and I guess we bankies are the "redheaded step children".


You're more or less right. That said, if you were a fish manager, would you be more hesitant to restrict opportunity for bank fishers or boaters? No question, boaters spend (and generate) more $ when they fish.

To be clear, I'm not saying I like it (I'm generally a bankie, too), but when you govern from a perspective of which user groups generate the most economic activity in a fee and use-based tax system like ours, you must favor that which generates the most fee and tax revenues.....