Originally Posted By: bushbear
Remember the old salmon stamp....that fee was absorbed into the current license fee structure and is teased out to fund the Puget Sound Recreational Fisheries Enhancement program - it generates somewhere over $1 million for what used to be the blackmouth program and currently funds some salmon production for Puget Sound.

I guess we don't get credit for that buried fee and now we're looking at another salmon "stamp".
i've been calling this for years. we had a puget sound salmon stamp(to pay for blackmouth programs like mcallister creek and percival cove that have long since been shut down), "warm water enhancement", etc that was all rolled into the license. i knew they'd be looking to double up on those fees, i sure hate being right sometimes.

when i think about it, most of the "fun" fisheries i used to enjoy have all been closed down, places like capitol lake where the public isn't even allowed to target a 100% artificial run any more, but we still plant rivers like the coweeman with no access. WDFW has gotten so ridiculous it makes me sick.