Ok Bill, you got me. I took the lead on no sportfishing last year, cause I only went out three times. Just because you want to swallow all the poor me, my allocation is going away, doesnt have much to do with my efforts. You guy still miss the larger picture, of what needs to be done and when its going to be done.

Dams arent going away fast enough
Hatcheries are closing and not being built(budget)
Habitat is still a function of gravel and nutrients, clean water...

None of those areas have made any break throughs.
Want fish in the future? Save what you have. The gear change in Washington is state wide, not just the columbia. Why bother chat with the tribes right now about giving up wild steelhead harvest and sales? Not easy to achieve with the gear they have.

I guess, you would rather spend your time, convincing people they dont need to eat salmon or sell salmon. Just ignore the wild fish kills in the tribal nets? Just ignore the global population growth. Just ignore the lost opportunity of expanding fisheries, in bays or on land.

Its all about the columbia springer run. Which no one fished for a decade when the fish were not fin clipped. If I was against sportfishing, i would not own two boats.

While we're at it, lets close yellowstone and the national parks and just pave them over. Shoot all the bison, screw the condor and the eagles. Lets be consistent. Wild fish have no value to you. Treat everything else, the same way.