Well maybe we view management differently Stacie.

Let me reiterate my key points.
1) Nearly all lakes in W. Washington that are now "mixed species lakes"were once trout only lakes and managed with fry plants and most provided excellent fishing many even in midsummer. The same can be said for far too many E.Wash lakes that are now Trashed w/perch,bass ,bluegill,etc. These lakes could be MANAGED without the serious bucks needed to plant stockers and triploids in far fewer numbers and fewer lakes.

2) F&G does not HAVE to throw up their hands and claim we now MUST have mostly mixed species lakes simply because some jerk keeps trashing them with perch etc.. They CHOOSE to do it. There is Rotenone Rehabilitation that used to be widely practiced....remember!

3)Spiney Ray species come free, but liscense charges continue to increase....suspicious considering
we now have a Director of F&G who is against the Rotenone program and considering #1. Do I see
a trend here that seems to me to be contrary to the wishes of the majority of fishermen in Wash.
I think so!
4) I watch the "summer fishery" on those mixed species lakes you cite and it is nearly nonexistant
on most lakes. The lake soon becomes out of balance and produces tons of stunted spiney rays
plus the occasional bass of size numbering so few only a few hard core devotees try for them.
Your summer fishermen are newbys wasting their time because they know not where to go to get better or they are kids satisfied to catch anything. What used to be a thriving fall fishery now does
not exist because the small keeper plants are jerked out by June.

Pathetic management from this old timers point of view.