How much you lookin' to get fer that land Canyon Man!

These terminal area closures happen about every 3 or 4 years on average, and have for as long as I can remember. Last year we had an exceptionally bad hatchery winter run and I'm not sure if they (WDFW) ever met the egg take goal, so that's why these areas were shut down till the end of the season.

In other recent years (98 maybe?) WDFW did re-open the terminal areas once the egg take was achieved. As has been pointed out in other posts, this has been an average to good winter season so far. With the impending high water, I'd bet that the hatcheries get what they need and you'll see the terminal fisheries re-opened till the normal Feb. 28 (or 29th this leap year) season closures.

This is of course my opinion and I offer NO guarantees!