Ok if you fish the Olympic Peninsula at all you will realize that there are tons of places that with some effort and patience you can find nice water and solitude. The plain and simple fact of the increased fishing pressure is the population increase in Seattle and surrounding areas(this will only get worse as time goes on). Sure the internet does put more people into the Bark hole and such but are they really secret or just easy to get to. I am from New Jersey and moved out here 2 years ago. I have been fishing all of my life and thanks to some of the great posts on this board and some exploratory effort my fishing here has been great(except for all of the crazy snagging folk on the wind). As was said in an earlier post it is not illegal to have a sled. If you don't like the sleds when they hit the lower hoh, hit the upper hoh or one of the other great rivers around.... And vandalism is just plain moronic and childish.
I don't want them there for the record.... And thanks for all of your help.
God this place beats New Jersey.