Here's the deal on fishing at Drano Lake. The Tribes are allowed to fish with gill nets in Drano Lake from Tuesday evening until Wednesday morning (around 12 hours). All fishing (sport, commerical, tribal) is closed all day Wednesday. Nobody can fish. Starting Thursday morning, sport anglers can resume fishing until the next Tuesday evening when the tribes get another 12 hours of gill netting.

Why has the WDFW done this? The Little White Salmon Hatchery at the end of Drano Lake is supposed to be getting around 15,000 spring Chinook. The hatchery can only hold around 2500. Plus, they're reconstructing the raceways this year so they can't hold any extra adults. So, with no place to spawn what should happen to the 12,000+ excess adult spring Chinook?

I say let the Tribes have their 12 hour fishery. That beats having the excess fish get bonked and thrown in the landfill. Which is exactly what will happen to any excess fish once they turn dark and are passed the point of being edible. That also gives the Tribes a chance to catch some springers without affecting the upstream stocks that are listed (e.g., Snake River).