I'll tell you why it's a problem for me.

The fisheries belong to the people of the state. Not the agencies that are mandated to produce a fishery. Yet, @70% of all fish go to @2% of the population. The commercial and special interests have been a lucrative slush fund for the respective reelection campaigns for years. The benefits generated for the state by sportfishers is off the scale compared to the benefits produced by commercials and special interests. Yet sporties have no voice. The current management practices have run a muck for entirely too long. We vote them out, they are reappointed to a position with more authority. That's the problem, not a WSR program. It's how the WSR was implemented. The fox is in charge of the hen house. The sportsfisher has been paying, for what is to me, a sell off of our game fish for long enough. If we stand any chance of creating policies that will save fish it has to be done independent of those benefiting from the resource. So it doesn't matter who is the special interest, it does matter that at every opportunity, the largest group of interest is shut out when it comes to making that policy. I suspect a large percentage of residents in this state would accept WSR if they had input going into making that policy, or if they had ANY confidence in the people that make those decisions. They (I) don't.

If you're not going to have a fishery, don't sell fishing licenses.

Asinine, I don't think you believe that. I know for a fact there is merit here. You may even call it "Timely" merit.