I'm curious, is there any way for F&W to reverse their decision to close the Puget Sound river systems? From what I've heard, there are more natives showing up than was forecasted when the decision was made. I know it won't happen, but I'm curious about whether decisions like these CAN be reversed. I don't know much about bureaucratic politics. That said, and this is a whole new topic, I can't think of a more idiotic course of management. First of all, this is the catch and release season. Statistics (those I've read, and i'm open to any cross-reference) indicate a 5 percent mortality on released fish, and this only deals with fish that are caught. What we're dealing with, then, is about 1-2 percent mortality overall, hardly anything. And why was the decision made before anyone knew how many fish were going to show up? Reports indicate decent numbers. Now, I agree totally with conservative management of steelhead. They aren't doing as well as they should be. How about looking at other ways of protecting fish (gear restrictions, catch-and-kill restrictions, net restrictions) rather than keeping C&R fisherman off the river? Am I missing something??????