The bottom line is Curt and the other WDFW biologists have the best data out there. As difficult as it is for those of us who love the Sky spring season, closing it when the numbers are low is the best thing we can do to help the fish.

Now some might argue that the numbers are not low. Well if my success rate last year for January and February fish is any indication, they were in the tank.

With luck, the numbers will turn around and we will get our spring seasons back soon. Couple that with stopping the bonking December through February and who knows, we might get them back in there in large numbers in a few years.

Salmo thanks for your post, it was as always a refreshing and rational perspective on these emotional issues.

Duggan