Originally Posted By: Salmo g.
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with no steelhead programs and no steelhead seasons, unless you assume fly flickers only fish for sea run cutthroat.

Perhaps you should reread the regs as I see open seasons for steelies.
Most of my fishing friends who fish the Skagit stopped caring about hatchery winter runs years ago, because the Skagit hatchery run, but for a couple exceptional years, has been way less productive than the wild run for the last three decades.
Which is why there should be a hatchery to keep those that want to retain fish from potentially poaching "wild" fish.

The Sedro meeting was attended by a few fly flickers, but the Wildcat whack 'em and stack 'em mentality was even better represented. So I'm not sure what your point is.
Sg


Hatchery fish are meant to be, in your words, whacked and stacked, itn provides opportunity, gives those that want a fish for the table, eats and should lessen the impact on "wild" fish.

Wait a couple of years when those hatchery fish are gone, then people that want to catch and kill a fish will be over on the Peninsula whacking and stacking and you'll hear the bitchin and whining start then!
Also see above post for another point of view.

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