Strawberry season eval

[wiperhunter2]

Hey D13, great summary. It does give a more complete picture. WH2, yes that is exactly what I saw when I posted this thread. The problem is I do not know the overall decisions at the DNR. I was hoping for a DNR representative that really knows the program to maybe chime in and give us the decision thinking. I have heard that a new strain of kokanee that spawns in the lake have been planted - maybe that strain was expected to have better natural recruitment and thus make up the difference. Maybe another fish species needed more resources in 2018 - since my personal point of interest is in kokanee, I may not have taken other fish species into account (of course the division does not make decisions around my personal preferences).
Anyway I do have confidence that the DNR people do their very best to provide great fisheries for us all. I have felt the kokanee program has been stellar for quite a few years, so a down year is just part of the process.
Thanks all for the research and input. Thanks to the DNR for making all the data available for search.

I'll send Chris Penne a Email with a link to this thread, maybe Monday, when he gets to work, he will comment, if he isn't too busy.

I got an auto reply already, guess he will be out of the office until the 17th of Aug.