That regulation should have some posititve effects in some of the fisheries...those like one of the most disgusting displays of "sportsmanship" that takes place every fall on the Samish River, where at least 9 out of 10 fish is blatantly snagged.

The Samish is one of the few rivers that the Dept. enacted a "lure must be moving" rule due to the leadhead jig snagger fest that has developed there.

That's one of the few fisheries where I'd be 100% behind closing the river completely and having a season out in Samish Bay that is sufficient to harvest the kings...as I said, the tidewater bank fishery there puts the Kalama to shame for its collection of litter tossing salmon snaggers...and that's saying something, as the Kalama is pretty high on the "disgusting sportsmanship" level, too, when the fall salmon runs are being attacked by the slobs in the lower river.

Fish on...

Todd