And just to add a bit more info. I fished it on the Military side below Muck Creek almost all the way down to the handicap launch, there was a road that few knew about that followed the river and ended up around I believe it was called Hillside Creek. Anyway, once the river was closed for the tribe, usually in January or February, you would see some illegal netting but really not that much. I highly doubt the few that were fishing took anywhere near the numbers that they did take during their open season. Yes there was illegal fishing but tally up the total number of fish taken by both parties and that's where the blame lies. And the Nisqually was a very strange river for Steelhead as the hens to buck ratio was way out of wack. It was an oddity when we managed to get a buck.