I disagree that the Tyee Club kills very few fish. I know the last couple years they have taken a couple hundred undersize(under 30lbs) each year. They don’t release the undersize data to the public but I have a few friends that row and they told me the last couple seasons the undersize totals were huge. Pushing 250+ each year. It’s hearsay so I’m going by what I’m told by rowers but I think the numbers are high. The tyees taken each year isn’t overly impressive anymore, from a couple dozen to several dozen in good years. I think the Tyee Pool should be classed as a Trophy Zone, requiring a Special license, like an Elk Tag, and anglers should only be allowed to tag a single fish each season. That’s just for the Tyee Pool. They can fish elsewhere just like everyone else with their regular license. I know rowers don’t agree with me, that’s fine. But you are basically fishing right outside the river mouth. The fish have to come there, there’s no guess work. They’re there, it’s genetics. You’re rowing in an aquarium full of salmon, as much as anglers preach how difficult it is to catch fish there the fact is, individually that might be true, but put 45 Tyee boats out there every evening and it’s no longer if, but rather, when the bite will be happening. I’m not judging, but the Tyee club needs to record all fish caught and kept, regardless of size, and release that information to the public. Then let the chips fall where they may. It does seem like staking off a Prime piece of salmon real estate all to yourselves has gone out of vogue in today’s world of conservation and reconciliation. In the 1950’s and 60’s the Tyee club averaged 200+ tyee every year. Now there are barely 200 Tyee coming back each year. At what size of Chinook return does the Rowers risk hurting the overall health of the run? I guess the question is this, if you could tag one fish per season while fishing the Pool, would you purchase a special license and still row in the club. C&R all day but kill only one fish. That’s the question that will be asked within a few years I suspect. Maybe if the returns are good, maybe a second tag could be purchased, these types of ideas are circulating. Trophy zones are not new. The rules are changing.