If our rivers were managed on a watershed by watershed basis, we could then have seasons that reflected the data which would be available for each system and have our seasons accordingly to recent escapement levels. Lack of management and understanding is what's driving all the hypothetical nonsense here.

No matter how successful a system is; the for profit groups (guides) should be capped for each system and from there special regulations would mirror the health of the watershed and it's steelhead. The healthier the system, the more liberal the regs. If a system was healthy but not reaching the upper threshold then stricter regs would be needed. If a system was not meeting goals then it's closed.

One thing that needs to happen is more enforcement and regular creel surveys for all system's!

At the rate things are going now, in 10 yrs it will all be over. The least they can do is build us a steelheaders memorial/museum.......that would be cool