I thought the prospects of reopening the CR season on the Skagit/Sauk was great until I read the document indicating that it includes gill netting seasons.

"Co-managers anticipate fisheries directed at adult steelhead may occur in the following areas
(McClure 2017) (Figure 2):
Treaty Fisheries:
● Commercial marine Area 8 (Skagit Bay and Saratoga Passage)
● Freshwater Areas 78C, 78D-1, 78D-2, 78D-3, and 78D-4 to the mouth of the Baker
River; 78O Baker River from the Skagit River to Hwy 20 bridge; 78B Sauk River from
the Skagit River to the Sauk Prairie Road bridge; 78P Cascade River from the Skagit
River to the Rockport/Cascade bridge
● Freshwater Area 78P in the lower reach of the Cascade River "