The reason is that 15 years ago there were approx. 30 rivers in this state that were deemed to have healthy enough runs of wild steelhead to have a harvest. Today there is approx. 12 streams that are open to harvest of wild steelhead. It seems to me something is amiss with WDFW's escapement numbers. Why not err on the conservative side. Nobody will starve because they don't have a wild Steelhead to eat.
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