Bob
Thanks for your thoughts. You are probably correct that I have not seen the decline through your eyes. But the two new laws together are a double hit, and remove the incentive for me - I see little point in travelling all the way to Forks so I can hook a big fish, and I cannot even take his picture, let alone decide this might be the one fish I chose to take for the year. By concentrating on other rivers I am referring to Canadian waters, which I won't name.

Some said that this will solve the poaching problem. Poachers dont care about laws fellas. Only honest people will be affected by this. A better solution would have been to go to 2-3 fish per year on a card. Or one fish, whatever. Punch card problems? Solve the problem - dont issue new cards. Poaching problem? Throw the book at them. I havent seen any river wardens on the drifts. Maybe there is a clue.