Fishhog,

I know the Skagit gets early natives, but you and I both know that the preponderance of the run doesn't enter the river until March. Picking at the loose ends to make a point . . . unfortunately doesn't make the point. The Skagit run isn't at risk due to netting, just like it isn't at risk due to sport fishing. Jumbling up a variety of issues into an incoherent stew that can't be sorted out or understood or answered does no good either.

I might be ashamed for picking on you guys when you begin criticizing WDFW for what they're responsible for instead of whatever seems to come to your collectively fogged minds. Remember, WDFW has just about zero influence over habitat degradation, development, logging, or any of the things that adversely affect fish. The strongest authority they have is to regulate fishing, so that's what they have to do. And it's only been discussed here a thousand times that WDFW has no authority over the treaty netting that so many of you keep getting your asses tied in a knot over, yet expect them to do something about it anyway. How frickin' dumb is that?

Sg