The Hoh river has a targeted salmon fishery in this time frame as well, why not exclude that river with the Quil and Duc? I am sure that would relieve a great deal of pressure from the Sol Duc. The pressure on the Bogachiel is minimal and the Calawah is mostly fished by Pat and a few others, so at least open the Hoh. What about the Queets? If the upper Quinault (which is within the ONP boundary) goes selective why wouldn't the Queets up to Hartzell be selective? You did list one Queets trib already.

With the unavoidable increase in boats on the Duc just imagine how many more down river nates will suffer. I see very little difference in hookup location with fresh up river fish, when fishing bait vs. artificial but those returning down just seem to inhale bait.

And all I want is for the South Fork to be open one more month. Maybe not a fair trade off but one I can live with.

What's really bad is I find myself agreeing with Grandpa a little bit every time some new petty restriction is imposed upon us and the blatant disregard for the conservation of fish by the nets that remain the river. Why can't your boy George play cowboys and indians out west?


Sol on the Duc you might need to change your name if this sticks.