It is rather depressing as to what we have lost resource-wise. I do agree with Salmo, to a point, that the experience counts more and more as we age and the pile of dead animals is less important.

The problem for Washingtonians is the need to elsewhere to even have the experience with a minimal chance at fish encounter.

I moved up from CA in '72 to attend Grad School and found that, for me and my specific interests, that I had better hunting and fishing in WA. Now, 50 years later, there is some (oddly, mostly hunting) that is better than ever but I must say that fishing has really dropped off in my specific areas of interest. But there are really pretty place to go out of state for a fix.