Smalma

To bad you didn't post your suggestions on the last thread ("Doomsday, what If???"). This was just the kind of stuff that I was hoping people would discuss.

I have a question that begs answering. If the state started to manage every river system for either MSH or MSY, How in the devil would they be able to know when those MSH or MSY rates were reached? I know they do it on larger river systems like the Columbia, but how could that possibly work on the other numerous smal rivers?

The only way that I could see that method working, would to have EVERY river system monitored daily. How could we do that and who would pay for doing it? Since the only current way WDFW checks harvest rates on steelhead is by checking the returned punch cards at the end of each fishing season, how would WDFW know if the MSH or MSY had been reached or over exceeded ?

Cowlitzfisherman

Is the taste of the bait worth the sting of the hook????