The Tribes, commercials, and wealthy rec fishers have won. It's over for the in-river angler. Only in years of vast overperformace against forecasts will there be enough left over for the lowly bank angler. Buy a salt boat or get cut out of the game. Those are your options moving forward. It's just that simple.

Look at what they did with Willapa; MA2-1 is open for selective harvest. Tribs? CLOSED. Who benefits from that? It ain't the average Joe or the fish....