Well, I found out that the truth, as usual, lies somewhere in the middle, but still closer to my darkest suspicion. Turns out WDFW closed the fishery, not because they believed the sport fishery was ill-advised, but because it was the only way to get the Tribe to quit overfishing the coho that have been kegged up below Leyendecker. Thanks for being so "strong" on our behalf, Unsworth and Co.