The Cowlitz and all of it's tributaries should continue to be run as "Fish Factories" I love the fact that when the fish are in, I canrun down to Blue Creek and be back home by 8 AM with my limit. Same thing goes for silvers at Barrier Dam. If anything, they should increase hatchery production on the Cowlitz so that it'll be even easier to harvest hatchery fish. Now that I've talked about hatchery fish fish on the Cowlitz....... When I'm all done fighting the crowds on the Cowlitz, and when my freezer is full of hatchery fish, I head for the smaller, lees known rivers, where I fish for wild fish. When I'm fishing for enjoyment I target wild fish. Yeah, they do bite more aggressively, they fight much better, and they tend to get bigger than hatchery fish do. All in all they are just a far superior fish to hattchery fish. I'd never suggest increasing hatchery production on rivers that already had strong wild runs established.