Hard to say what makes me more sad... Is it the fact that even the last frontier has succumbed to the human affliction, or is it the fact that the lone image in the 2012 edition of the Kronikles features the Doc's plugs swimming in soap instead of the Kenai?

Well, this has been a rude awakening, but there is hope in that history suggests that the tides will turn and the fishing will once again be better in Alaska. The bad news is that when that happens, the relatively good fishing we have enjoyed here recently will take a turn for the worse. Ugh.