WDFW closes all coastal steelhead fishing!

[Jake Dogfish]

This closure is ridiculous,  backed by false science and a lack of real world numbers. Most people on the peninsula are reporting seeing a larger than normal number of reds already this season due to low river levels, but Noone seems to care that due to those levels the creel reports are low because fishing is tough. It's not a lack of fish. It's a lack of proper management from our bull@@$% state

They are letting some fish spawn in the wild? 

[JimmyHoffa]

I've heard WDFW has been flying quadcopter drones up and down the rivers nearly all day long.  Supposedly looking to catch someone fishing out of a boat.

[Bareback]

Maybe they should use all that energy and count redds. Escapement numbers don’t start until March 1. With the rains coming all history of those redds will be gone. WDFW has transitioned to more desk jobs instead of in the field jobs. If they reverted to protocol from years past (more field employees) they might, and it’s a big might, have a better grasp as to actually what the current state is. Instead they manage wildlife from bureaucrats and tribal demands.

[HUNTIN4SIX]

Maybe they should use all that energy and count redds. Escapement numbers don’t start until March 1. With the rains coming all history of those redds will be gone. WDFW has transitioned to more desk jobs instead of in the field jobs. If they reverted to protocol from years past (more field employees) they might, and it’s a big might, have a better grasp as to actually what the current state is. Instead they manage wildlife from bureaucrats and tribal demands.

  Very true!

[snake]

If anyone wants some good reading, Google " Atlantic Salmon Recovery".