Like some other posters here,I'm allergic to opening day crowds and the lack
of sportsmanship,littering,and disregard for others (how about those powerbaiters
who put on 1/2 oz. and cast for the middle of the lake while the trout feed just
off their pole tips along the shore)!!!! It drives me nuts and I just wanna grab
somma them and teach em some manners.
So I always fish remote hike in waters on the opener.

I am against year around lakes that are near urban centers and thus get pounded
(and overfished) by too many fishermen. They usually suck except just after a
Dump of new trout is made, so I seldom fish em.

Year around regulations are best used for lakes that have spiney rays and
are underfished resulting in too many small fish. That's not the case in Wash.
though.