My question to all the guides and sportsman who fish the big Nate's in our State. Will the moratorium and the fact that you will not be able to remove the Wild fish from the river for pics cause a reduction in bookings and trips in pursuit of trophy fish?
My opinion is yes and I also feel it will give WDFW an easy in for closing all of the impact Rivers from March through May. I do not guide in the rivers that would be impacted but feel it could have devastating effects on the economics of small coastal towns such as Forks.
What brings me to this opinion is I have seen WDFW take advantage of situations similar to this to close down a fishery because it is to difficult and costly to enforce and I feel the door would be wide open for a State wide closure of any river for Steelhead during this time of year,