Here is the Native Fish Society's letter in opposition to the opening:

https://nativefishsociety.org/news-media/to-open-or-not-to-open-the-skagit-steelhead-fishery

It is signed by:

Native Fish Society
Wild Fish Conservancy
Pacific Biodiversity Institute
Conservation Angler

Here is the Wild Steelhead Coalition's letter in support of the opening:

http://wildsteelheadcoalition.org/2018/01/skagit-basin-steelhead-management-public-meetings/

The WSC is, however, advocating for no fishing out of boats, and I do not agree with that position. Couching that position in terms of reducing impacts by reducing access to fish is not a particularly bad idea, but it smacks of rather serious hypocrisy to not advocate for banning motor boats in this fishery altogether.

It seems that the increased access to fish only is a problem when it is gear anglers fishing out of boats...it apparently is not a problem with fly anglers who scoot up and down the river all day in jet sleds to access more and more river bars to swing off of.

It's good for the goose, but not for the gander, is how it looks.

Fish on...

Todd