Anyone that is surprised that RW didn't keep a promise on the skok hasn't been paying attention. He's been not fulfilling promises for well over a decade now and its been obvious if you were paying attention to salmon management in region 6. Now that he has a bigger role, expect more/bigger promises to be broken.
Its always a horse trade for something, but the rec's always seem to get the short end of the stick in the end.
I'm reaching the conclusion that it's worse than that. Nearly everyone everywhere wants to get along with the treaty tribes on fishery issues. However, a couple of the most influential managers in the Department's Fish Program want to get along with the tribes so much that they readily sell out recreational angler interests, you know, the 98% of us who pay the taxes and buy the licenses that make the very existence of WDFW possible. If WDFW cared about the constituents who make its existence possible, there is a simple, non-spineless jellyfish negotiation with the Skokomish Tribe. No non-treaty fishing on the lower Skokomish River, then close George Adams hatchery, not at some future date, but today. And when the last few year classes of hatchery salmon return this year and the next 3 years, open Hood Canal right in front of the mouth of the Skok to 5-day a week non-treaty gillnet fishing to prevent a dangerous over-escapement of hatchery fish that might otherwise breed with wild salmon. Cork 'em.
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