Not to start a bitching session but................

There are several places in GH and the Chehalis fished that you will catch Coho but mostly Chinook. Simply there are a bunch of folks ( and several on this bloody BB ) that go out and C&R Chinook heavily and pick through Coho even in clipped only. Couple or three guides make a real thing out of of it.

So to look at this like oh I don't catch Chinook is, your a lousy fisher, one hell of a sportsman, or just plain unlucky. After that the sport induced mortality on Chinook is in all likelyhood as great or greater than tribal.

This is a fact of life folks so the holier than thou sportie thing needs to be shed. In harvest and NOF everyone on the Harbor team knew full well the impacts that the seasons would bring. When in doubt Doc brought the numbers front and center so ignorance was not allowable. It is the system and all went for the sportie share and frankly I think they did as good as job as I have seen.

But don't try this oh me oh my I did not know I killed a fish releasing it. You have to have had your head up your --- your entire life to think that. It is about harvest and it was and is about impacts and getting the sports share. Plain and simple but if your conscience says I can not harm a unhealthy fish stock ............. stay home. It can not be done. Accept the responsibility for your actions and move on.

It is what it is.