Now if we all could just put in the same energy towards wrting to, or sending posts from here, to commision@dwf.wa.gov , that many on here put the energy into snibbling back & forth at each other, things can be accomplished! Thanks for that idea Salmonwhacker. And Fishtick, while I reside in Oregon I consider myself a Northwesterner rather than an out-of -stater. I also have purchased my annual Wash. fresh water angling license to fish SW Wash. for C&R'd steelhead & keep an occasional hatchery springer. So I am just as interested in the wellfare of Wash. fish runs as in Oregon. That's why I became a contributing member of this BB. And I will forward the message of better fisheries management, particularly concerning steelhead nates, to the commision address as suggested. I hope many of you all will also! - Steve