I agree with f4b: let's shoot for the moon. The commies will do the same, and we should end up with each group getting about 2/3 of what we ask for. If the returns materialize as forecast, like last year, we won't be able to catch them all, and we may end up exceeding escapement goals again.

This system sucks, but it's the current reality. With that, we had better grab all we can. Those of us who give a $hit will put back fish we could legally keep, and that should help us accomplish our conservation goals, albeit through ironic means. Rather than advocating for putting more wild fish on the gravel, only to have that "foregone opportunity" snatched up by gillnetters, we should bombard the State with bloodlust during NOF and then "forego our opportunity" as we see fit. Is that what they call "the tail wagging the dog?"

RELEASE ALL WILD HENS!!!