Originally Posted By: Carcassman
Well, not really. We are still fishing mixed stock, still pushing out hatchery fish, and suchlike.

We lost our Skagit river cutthroat/gamefish season the last two years for fear we might accidentally hook a coho.

In 2017 the Skagit was open for 45 days in the summer for anglers to try for sockeye and then again in Dec. and Jan. for...? I guess esa listed wild steelhead and bull trout because most other fish are not present in early winter.

There's a lot more to this BS than salt water fisheries...

With NMFS dragging their feet on the Skagit RMP my anadromous angling adventures in WA are about done.
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