My only question was the wording on the late winter steelhead. You said "all", so I voted no because I want the hatchery to use these fish to produce more fodder for the masses.

I would have voted "yes" if the question went on to state that "any fish, marked or not, could be kept ". This would basically acknowledge that the vast majority of all returning fish were of hatchery stock origin and that an intact adipose was not a indicator that the fish was indeed "wild".

Make the Cowlitz the "supermarket" river for Western Washington. Stock it to the Bejesus, and maybe that would take a fair amount of pressure off of the other rivers, basically sacrificing one river to save many.

I think that was the idea in the first place, but please correct me if I am wrong.

Andy