From my seat that is not going to happen. Rep Blake represents a rural region as a whole he does a fairly descent job. He is not Sid or Lynn but does his best to help ALL the rural folks. The thing is prior to 09 the locals and commercials tolerated each other to a reasonable degree. After 2010 with the implementation of that management plan ( but not adopted by the Commission ) all hell broke loose starting with the so called Commercial "dip in fishery " So the travelers got nailed in the 2T Rec fishery first followed by in river as the agency ramped up netting to harvest hatchery Chinook. This was followed by the absolute collapse of the natural spawners which were on the ropes to start with.

The thing that I have trouble with most is HSRG was adopted and became law in 2010. The management in the Willapa violated about every directive in HSRG but our former Director pretty much refused to address the issue until legally he was forced to with a court settlement.

So from Rep Blake's view he is looking at a huge mess that the agency created, his constituents did not want and the Commercials ( some of them ) are his constituents also. The thought that the voters of Southern Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties are going to become enraged over this little mess is more than a bit of a reach. It is a fisheries management issue brought on by WDF&W's unbelievably poor choices that now must be rectified and the harvesters both Rec & Commercials will pay the price as the staff that made these decisions move on to the next issue without consequences.