This pet Bill has been introduced every session for at least 3 years. Not the answer and also shows a lack of knowledge. Examples: mentioning depressed stocks of Black Cod...there never was any fishable stocks; herring stocks have been kicking butt for the last 7 years; perch...shoot they're doing just fine...just isn't that much habitat...never was; Ling Cod...well the guys experts are welcome to a couple of free trips with me this coming season; smelt...well it ain't fishing...maybe he should look at all them rich property owners that insist on bulkheading their beaches so they have one.

So all that's left is salmonids. Well them threatened summer chums are doing fine...on the increase since fishing them was restricted....so that problem is on the mend. Chinook...well blackmouth have always been excellent if we could fish them. River fish...well the RSI program seemed to be working gangbusters until politics took a hand. Steelhead...also bouncing back slowly...an RSI program with nates would sure speed it up if we got results similar to the chinook program. The habitats there just no fish. Just don't see the problem.

Gooose