And what is lost/forgotten in all of this (I know some have mentioned this previously) is that bass and panfish fisheries in the two largest metropolitan lakes in the state have been shut down. Of the prime fishing months for me, April - October, I am going to lose 4 of the 7 months! It is absolutely maddening. On top of that, if bass are such voracious salmonid "predators" that they lifted all restrictions on them in the Columbia, what in the heck is the rationale for not allowing me to cast under docks to catch the salmonid-loving beasts in Lake Washington and Sammamish!!!

I know what the answer is, any fishing over ESA listed stocks, blah, blah, blah has to be approved by NOAA, blah, blah, blah...I go back to the fact that WDFW knew this outcome was a possibility and did not have a back-up plan to address this potential outcome. We have to remember that not only were salmon fishermen let down, but so were warmwater fishermen.