I don't support this rule change for the simple fact that I think having sleds zoom up and down the river is annoying (especially during the short selective gear season). Even if the rule was not changed, sleds will still be on the river but changing the rule will only encourage more sleds to be out there. I would probably accept a ban on all internal combustion motors on most rivers. Maybe some of the OP folks understand this better than the Skagit folks.

I would suspect that most people that support the rule change own sleds or fish from them. I would also suspect that most other fishermen would oppose the rule.

I think that as battery technology improves, we should encourage fishermen to use electric motors when possible. Even on the Skagit, an electric can be used in place of backrowing. Anyone scouring the bottom by dragging a chain to slow themselves down deserves to be at the end of it.