This chaps my a$$. I wouldn't mind paying an extra fee- like a Qualified Waters Stamp, if I thought it would actually do the fish any good. But this would be used to maintain a hatchery harvest regime, and do nothing for wild fish.

The stamp is supposed to pay for the fish checkers and monitoring that are required under the ESA take permits for hatchery salmon and steelhead seasons on the Upper C. However, I don't believe this is the only part of the state that has fisheries over ESA listed fish, so I don't see why we should be singled out for paying an additional fee.

I already pay a state fee to fish. The sad state of affairs for salmon and steelhead, in this area, is not because of sport angler impacts, but primarily a result of hydro activities n the Big C. This fee is an attempt to externalize those costs on to another user group.