Keith,

Are you out of the closet as a wild fish fanatic.

You dont have tribal harvest on steelhead on most of those rivers. Dont tell me its not harvest. I m not letting the dams off the hook either.


We have a little river up here in king county called the green. Historically, there were no pinks in that river. They found a few and years went by and the numbers went up and up. Last year, they estimated the river count at more than 5 million fish.

There is a dam up high, but a watershed behind it. The last mile of water is blocked due to 911. Until 2009, I dont think a pink season was available. Our NoF rep had to come up gear that would be approved by the state and the tribes so that we didnt snag all the kings. They came up with a 1/2 inch gap on a barbless hook. Limit was around six. All wild.

Im told there will be some commercial harvest next year.