What the current/recent changes have made me do is carefully plan trips. No more hope in car on the spur of the moment stuff. And, I'll buy into guided trips/charters so as to maximize the chance to actually encounter something.

As an aside, our daughter is developing a model in her dissertation that trys to predict motivation for two different commercial tuna fleets fishing four different species. Is it maximize catch? Minimize expense? Consistent catch? It would behoove our "managers" to delve into the motivation of hunters and anglers. What actually gets them out there in terms of expectations, opportunity, time in the field. I am afraid that WDFW believes that "If we open it, they will come"