I just cant believe what I am reading here, low escapements for the past two years, not curtailing the kill season through feb each year knowing these facts?? they say they need 650 nates for escapement and only got 2800?? how in the hell do they know they only got 2800?? did they go out an physicaly count each and every redd and spawning pair of steelhead for the three to four months those fish are in the river?? there is much untold here, and one hell of alot of smoke and mirrors on the WDFW's part. if the truth were known, they realy dont have any ideas of how many native steelhead spawned in the last two years, my guess is they will all end up like the samammish river native steelhead......they will study them into extinction!!!

Tight lines