Topwater-
Good to see you online! I hear you about the silvers, I can hardly stand the wait! Whats El Nino gonna do to our fish? Further out or closer in? I'll bet there will be a few mackeral around.

As far as the Canada thing goes, I hate when ease of enforcement has any bearing on rules that are made. A few years back, they wanted to close some popular eastern washington lakes, simply because they are hard to monitor and enforce. Other catch and release waters close for parts of the year simply to cut down on the enforcement. The bottom line is they catch a very small percentage of infractions as it is. I know you seen a ton out at Swiftsure. What you said about the catch quota is simple to fix. If I punch a King on my Canadian Card, thats from their quota. Isn't that how it works on halibut? Its a strange rule, and the fact that Halibut is allowed, only makes it look more bizarre. I hear that there's a push to get it changed again. A law that doesn't stand up in court, needs to be changed. I think by simply requiring you to contact customs and present your documentation should be enough. Anyway, you back in town now?