Well maybe those hatcheries weren't put there for us sporties, but rather to sustain the commercial guys. I mean, a 30-day salmon season (Oct 1 to Oct 31) on the North Fork isn't exactly generous...

And yes the tribes net the snot out of the system, but they also run a hatchery on the South Fork that adds a share...interesting, innit, that we can fish the South Fork from Oct 1 to Dec 31...three times as long as we can fish the North Fork...whatsupwidat? Is the tribe's hatchery really that much more productive than the state's?

I think us sporties should get together and buy the Middle Fork, institute a semi-clipped adipose fin release regulation, and breed a strain of king so big that when they make their first spawning run they'll shred all the gillnets after having sunk all the bay seiners...