Heavy, I don't know where you've been but a lot of the rivers that are closing March 1 have been selective fishery catch and release, C&R only (no barbs, no trebles, no dead nates). The reason the rivers are closing is simply because the state has rectal cranial inversion and believes that we are not going to meet spawning escapement on the Snohomish, Stillaguamish, Skagit systems, etc., etc.

February has been really good considering the fish have been scooting in even with low, low, low water. Makes me wonder if we might be lucky enough to have an emergency opener just like we did on the Snohomish kojos. Doubtful, but I'll see ya at the zoo on the coast next weekend Peace