Walter,.... For a lot of personal reasons and those cited by Lee, I haven't fished steelhead for many years and don't really anticipate doing so in the near future.
I'm not sure that I agree with your statement that it doesn't matter which state you're in. IMO, It does matter what state you're in. For more reasons than I can list here, the current condition of the environment/habitat for salmon/steelhead/trout in this state is so much more degraded than that in other states to the northwest. Construction of the Bay-Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) will add considerably to that degradation.
While I agree that there are some fine steelhead and trout fisheries in this state, there is not one major river here that doesn't have a hatchery, a dam, a hatchery and a dam or a hatchery and multiple dams on it. In more than a few places, a hatchery and dam are placed on tributaries in addition to those on the main rivers. If the BDCP is constructed, there will even be more dams/hatcheries/tunnels for diversion of water built. I'm getting far off topic here....
Jason,.... Believe it or not, I do maintain a healthy attitude about all of this even though it may appear otherwise at times. My major concern is that nobody seems to be working for an overall coordination of efforts to solve problems (e.g. approve, fund, design, plan, improve, support projects). Each entity involved in this appears to see themselves as an authority and are operating on their own, many times without consulting each other. I'm not giving up tho....
Bookmarks