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Originally posted by Todd:
Plunk,

Thanks for your clearheaded, unbiased opinion.

For the record, though, the Quillayute is the ONLY river that is on an upward trend in population size. Every other is on a downward trend, including the rest of the coastal streams that were open for wild fish retention.

Fish on...

Todd
I don't want to speak for him, but I believe his point is that even in systems that have been C&R only for several years now still have marginal runs. Obviously sportsmen are not the problem. This is just another case of sportsmen taking another step toward the cliff. It was just announced that the Green River, which hasn't had wild steelhead retention for several years (at least now when there was any in the river) is closing a month early. In several years, we probably won't be able to fish at all.