I don't agree with this downrigger idea. Sport fishing is a lifestyle and the word lifestyle is just another word for the word "habit". Downriggers make the fishing easier and more productive, thus enhancing the lifestyle.

When a particular lifestyle gradually turns into just a big hassle, guess what, it dies!

Sport salmon fishing in Putrid Sound with all of its rules, closures, constant threats, restricted seasons and all the rest has become just a big hassle. Lots of guys have just given up on it in treaty waters. That's the goal of the WDFW and the Tribes, they want us off the water. No downriggers would be just another nail in the coffin!

Why not just close the whole mess, and end it. Better than this drip, drip, drip water torture.