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Luke_the_Drifter said:
And these are hatchery fish we are talking about, assuming large returns the hatcheries will fill their broodstock quotas quickly. These fish are raised by taxpayers cash, so why not allow the taxpayers to reap the benefits of a bumper crop.

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True, however there are always rivers around the state that have very low returns and could use some of the egg intake. Billyjoe River has 4 fish limits while Skunknuts River is closed because they aren't expecting enough. Skunknuts could get opened if billyjoe river donates some of their eggs intake from the massive run. Then Billyjoe river won't be as crowded, people won't have to travel across the state to catch a silver.

The NF Stilly runs short of summer runs all the time. They get eggs and fry from the Skykomish river. That means the sky is getting tons of extra fish. Should they raise the limit to 3 steelies? No, spread em' out. We have enough crowding going on as it is.

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