Todd -
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My point above to be blunt is that experience has shown that if any fish retention is allowed (no matter how remote) the fishery draws a slightly different crowd which may not be as careful with released fish as those in a completely CnR fishery. Take a drive the full length of the Skagit during the WSR fishery and compare the anglers, methods, and attidutdes with those you find in the CnR season. Remember in the WSR fisheries generally the number of hatchery fish out number the wild while during a CnR fishery the wild fish out number the few hatchery fish - I for one think that is an important difference.

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Smalma