Originally Posted By: Carcassman
While gillnets are many folks favorite whipping boy the Willapa Bay wild Chinook hit the bay this year with fewer fish than the escapement goal and the only fisheries they have encountered have been ones with hooks.



Carcass,

You seem well-versed on fisheries issues and I respect much of what you have to say but do you really mean the above quote? There's the little issue of 90+% of the entire Bay harvest being gobbled up by the commercials, chinook included. Are you saying that once wild chinook hit Willapa Bay they only are caught by hook and line and completely avoid gill nets?

A little clarity please.