The point of all this is that there's so many of them now, that there may be 0 out of state anybody there in a short time if they fish the place to death.
Yes, but I am afraid that the out of state guides and their higher fees and their out of state clients that pay more fees to fish, the local fisherman and guides may get the boot. THAT, is the spooky thing.
Like in college, when the enrollment is closed and you are a local-in state student wanting in..they say "sorry"..but, somehow there is some opening for out of state tuition payers to be squeezed in. That is my fear.
I am all for reducing guides on the OP. For sure.
I wonder who gets to guide the largest percentage/number of out of state fisherman? Out of state guides who bring their own, or local guys here waiting for that long distance call?
Do local guides do 90% of their business from guys sleeping in their own beds and driving up the day of or one night? Or do out of state guides get the guys who fly out, drive up and stay and fish for multi-days?
Beyond the clients, out of state guides often do not cook and need hotels. $ for local economy the local guide does not produce.
Seems that the local economies and fish and game all want the out of state guides over local if push came to shove.
What if steelhead hits a point to a lottery like big game? Local guy is going to lose out to a high end dude from Utah or MT or Dubai. Unless, ofcourse, you are the one chosen guide to take the royalty out for the kill.
If not a blanket closure, watch out people. This could get messy !