Thanks KJ, for bringing this topic back up to the top. I was beginning to think no one cared, after I got limited responses to my post from Tuesday night:
Attention Area 9 Anglers!!! NOF meeting info

Anyway, I was at that NOF meeting in SeaTac on Tuesday and I can tell you exactly what happened. Jim Lone, whose family I'm told has a place at Point No Point, proposed changing the blackmouth season in Area 9 from the current season (Nov and then Feb 16 to Apr 10) to a season that would be just Nov, Dec, and Jan. I can't recall him giving any substantial reason for doing this, but as there was no direct representation from western Area 9 at the meeting, (ie. no one to fight it right away), this proposal got discussed. There were some guys there from the eastern side of Area 9, Whidbey and Possession, and they basically said it really didn't matter to them, as it is now they can't really fish the blackmouth season due to winds and bad weather.

Since Tuesday, I've talked to alot of anglers about this, anglers that fish Mid Channel Bank, and not one of them is in favor of it. I wrote a letter to Tony Floor today and told him this very thing.

So it's true, if you'd like to see the blackmouth season in Area 9 stay the same as it is now, you need to write a letter to Tony and get it to him by Sunday morning. Mail him here - floortaf@dfw.wa.gov

-N.