Yes we agree, what we got now does not work!!!

Yes the drainages are different, all are different.

It has been said by nearly everyone that supports WSR that it is not the fix all. It is not going to change things by itself, runs will continue to decline due to massive tribal harvest and other factors. But we will have far less impact then we do now. Hopefully WSR will give the wild steelhead some time and alow the runs to hang on for that much longer so management can be changed.

If we continue things the way they are eventually the runs on the OP will be in the same boat as the puget sound and we will have no fishing for wild fish at all.

I am looking towards the future and although I am selfish and want some type of opportunity I am willing to give up harvest to to keep the runs healthy a little longer in hopes other factors can be fixed or curtailed.

Sport harvest is the one factor we can control as anglers and as an angler who wants to continue to enjoy the recource I want to do what I can to continue to enjoy wild steelhead.


Yes we could stop fishing all together and where warranted it should be done. But if we are not fishing at all what voice will we have for the resource, how many would lose interest in the conservation of wild steelhead. What more would the resource be then a subsistance source for the tribes when there is no one out there to enjoy wild steelhead.