Fish quality aside, I still don't understand why we can't have an urban fishery on the Deschutes kings. They stack up by the thousands at the mouth, or at least they did before the dam was opened up. I've never seen a reason why you shouldn't be able to fish for them down in front of Bayview.

I used to fish at Tumwater falls park a lot when I lived downtown, it was a great way to kill a spare 20 minutes. Tossing a #5 vibrax would usually get me into a fish within about 5 casts, then the school would spook and shut down for a while. Usually a bit easier to get them to bite eggs after that.

Capitol lake has been closed since 2009 due to the nebulous New Zealand mud snail threat. But other waterways in the state have them as well, and they aren't shut down. The cynical side of me thinks they were traded away at NOF for ocean impacts.