I’m probably the last person you’d want to explain why WDFW does the things that they do. I feel that Hatfield and crew has done a good job of establishing a hatchery run of summer chinook. We need to have all those fish marked so that there can be a selective fishery for them. Just haven’t figured out a way to accomplish that. I don’t think that closing the hatchery out of spite is the answer. They raise a lot of coho, which I am under the impression are all marked. Wallace Hatchery also raises a lot of fall chinook that become delayed release fish for our “limited” blackmouth fishery although I have doubts about the future of that program. I also think a lot of Reiter’s steelhead spend some time at the Wallace Hatchery either for incubation, disease control or marking. Ever wonder why so many marked steelhead are caught on the Wallace? I can’t explain WDFW’s management practices but I feel we need to get all hatchery fish (except chum & pinks) marked and keep striving for selective fisheries.