I have fished the Sky for over 30 years. The last several years I have caught about half and half....nates to hatchery fish. Releasing the nates of course. Early in the season I was catching mostly nates when I should have been catching mostly hatchery. The big change I see is that there are no longer any fish checkers to report how the catch is going. Since the big cuts in funding I have never been asked about my catch and that was almost a daily thing before the cuts.
My point being...how the heck does the WDFW know what is going on when they have even less tools than they had in the past?