Originally Posted By: Old Crab
A quick start would be to open the entire Hood Canal rather than just South of Ayok Rock. The Northern part of the canal has been closed for 20 years for a variety of reasons that don't make sense. Those fish could be targeted by more than just a few. Also, it's time to include sockeye as well before they become an issue.


The northern portion of Hood Canal will probably never be open again, well, at least while those mid-Canal independent tribs (Dosie, Duck and Hamma Hamma) need to be recovered. Their productivity is so low that I'm pretty sure they are overharvested before they even reach Washington waters.