Jacob ... Your observations bring us to the point that many of us have been trying to make all along!

What is "healthy"??

Is it possible that steelhead stocks reach a point where they're just not going to rebound overnight?

Perhaps our data there was skewed and we fished these runs down to a point of essentially no return?

Obviously there's lots of questions and not many clear-cut answers. Frnakly, I don't buy into the oceanic conditions thing that state managers often bring up due the fact that some runs are hangin' in there ... they all go to the same ocean don't they??

The whole point is, there is no clear-cut answer and why not err on the safe side and take precautonary steps to keep those rivers that still have some fish in them that way?

Each year, more and more streams with sustainable runs of fish (I'm avoid to avoid the "H" word) go bye-bye. It's time for the sporties to at least take a step in the right direction before we get to a point where the run is either totally gone or in such sad shape that no one has any business fishing for them!