salmo,

I guess it comes down to one thing for me. I like to catch a lot of fish. I like to bonk a fair share of those fish. I have property on the Cow, and use it most every weekend in the summer. Summer fish are some of the most exciting fish to catch, and some of the best eating fish around.

I am selfish. A precedent has been set, and I want it to stay that way.

The summer fishery puts a lot of money into the local economy, and I am sure they have a stake in it as well.

The Cow will never be the way it was before the damns. Why try and change it back. Mitigate the lost fish with a whole bunch of hatchery fish that everybody can go have fun with, summer and winter.

My selfish thoughts..........