once again, the good folks at the WDFW are trying to reopen many kill fisheries for wild winter steelhead.

in their new proposals for the next season, they propose to do away with the 5 fish annual, 1 fish per day daily limits on the quillayute river system and replace the current regs with a 30 per year annual limit and a 2 fish daily limit.

the new proposals also propose to reopen goodman creek to a 2 per day, 30 a year wild fish limit.

if you thought the department couldn't do anything worse, they have dropped the annual limit of 2 fish on the hoh river, and are proposing that a large part of the upper river (morgan's crossing to the 101 bridge) be changed from a selective fishery to an anything goes kill fishery.

they are also proposing to do away with the yearly limits on the clearwater.

THIS IS NOT A JOKE!!! this is a serious proposal to set back rules that we fought for a few short years ago.

if you are also appauled by this lack of vision within WDFW i hope you will write the decision makers and let them know that you think these proposals stink.

public comments must be in by dec. 10th of this year. send all comments to:

Evan Jacoby
Rules Coordinator
600 Capitol Way N
Olympia, WA 98501-1091

a few letters and e-mails to the members of the fish and wildlife commission would probably also be a great idea.

hopefully we can all work together to shoot down this new bit of insanity out of WDFW.

feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions or need additional info.

chris