Free: Contests & Raffles.
Why spend all the money to grow and release them if nobody can fish for them anyway?
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I wrote an article that goes into additional detail about the lost opportunity on the Skykomish here: https://pnwbestlife.com/what-happened-to-our-2023-skykomish-summer-chinook-fishery/Unfortunately, the issues that led to the closure this year are gonna be around for a bit...