Originally Posted By: Todd
I wonder how many downstream spawner steelhead they'll scoop up? Being ESA listed, there should be an impact ceiling, I'd think.

Fish on...

Todd


Careful what you wish for.

Remember the "recovery" plan for ESA-listed upriver spring chinook on the CR calls for fisheries systematically killing 15% of the spawners each and every year. 87% of that ESA wild take is allocated to the tribes (13 of the 15 percent) while non-tribals squabble over the remaining 2%.

If a similar plan were imposed on the Skagit, recreational angling for steelhead as we know it today is doomed!
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