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JohnContinuing to put more restrictive rules and limitations on sport fisheries continues to show your biases toward commercial fisheries and native fisheries. Limiting recreational anglers seems to be the only tool you know how to use and it's failing miserably. Gillnets will contin...See More
ReplyAgree5 days ago
AlexI think the next reasonable step is eliminating fishing from a floating device or boat. This will severely limit the amount of water an individual can fish while still allowing access for everyone. DO NOT jump straight to the most drastic measure (daily permits and lotteries) wit...See More
ReplyAgree5 days ago
JohnI second Amanda! Bring a lottery system to preserve angling opportunities, optimize the on-river experience, and limit impact. The free for all where there’s intense pressure for a few weeks and everything closes is completely asinine. Many, many examples of simple lottery system...See More
ReplyAgree6 days ago
Christian BakkenThe seasons you place on fisherman are a joke. Stop letting tribes take whatever they want while giving’ “other humans” the scraps of days.
Are you guys getting that large of a payday from them that you are willing to sell your soul. That’s not a joke, it’s a real quest...See More
ReplyAgree7 days ago
PhilFor the north olympic peninsula specifically: The recent and upcoming returns include a MASSIVE decline in angling pressure during march of 2020 from covid, the no boat fishing years, an early closure of March 1st one year, and numerous years without an april fishery.
What mor...See More
ReplyAgree8 days ago
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