Uh, one second here please. It's not fly fishermen wanting bank fishing only. It's the fishery manager having to regulate so that fewer fish are caught. If, using GBL's personal example, the jet boat angler catches 5 fish to the bank angler's 1 fish, how is that not the perfect method to look at restricting when the goal is to have fewer fish caught?

It's perfectly natural for a fishery to evolve to where fishermen develop more effective methods of catching fish. This works great until it reaches the point where there are not enough fish to fulfill the fleet's ability to catch fish. At that point, management has no choice but to reduce harvest (or incidental mortality in this hypothetical example). The ways that is done are:

1. Limit the methods and or gear allowed in the fishery;
2. Limit the time on the water via open periods (like commercial fishing that gets 1 or 2 days per week, etc.;
3. Limit the number of anglers participating in the fishery.

The reason I started this thread asking for feedback is if "having it your way" is not one of the choices on the menu, then what alternative way would you prefer. And for those who suggest keeping it closed another 10 years until the run rebuilds to the point where the good old days are back again may as well get over it. It won't happen in 10 years, it won't happen in 50 years. Maybe something slightly better than what is currently available is what the "good old days" are going to be like in the coming decades. The only choice on the menu is deciding how to manage that. Welcome to the future in Puget Sound and WA state.

Sg