I'm just speaking about what I've seen. I wish it weren't true, but salmon don't deal well with netting them and from what I've seen most people net their fish before releasing them. Because of this, I don't personally support catch and release salmon fishing from boats. And the letter was about impacting wild chinook.

Anyway, it looks like it's mute--the fishing will be closed for everyone in July. And, it probably should be closed in July because there IS a substantial impact on these native chinook. And the bottom line is that this impact should be the basis for whether fishing is open or closed.

And these are my opinions and everyone should write those people with their own. I received a response back within 4 hours on a Saturday.

I just hope that they balance impact to threatened fish with the desire to allow fishing opportunities.