I guess I should get on my hands and knees and thank the co-managers for the 17 days last year and the 16 this year in 11 with limited/no terminal area harvest for mature fish.
A couple observations.
On the way back from 13 Wednesday, saw a WDFW test boat picking up their gear Wednesday off the cook shack. Did not see them fishing. Point being, how skewed is any data that one boat fishing the slot without 150 other boats all vying for the same troll/mooch. To me, results would be more relative fishing open days and enjoying the same crowd we all do.
I have never seen a test boat at say, Dash Point, Point Piner, Quartermaster, Redondo, etc. The catch rates in those areas vary considerably from Pt D. To apply data area wide from the only boat fishing a closed area seems a just bit suspect.
Lots of cutthroat fishing going on from a couple beaches in my area. Pink is the hot new color for cutties. No enforcement, no surveys, no checks.