Sturgeon Tom:
"As there is no scientific study that shows we harm the fish (just speculation)I didn't give a third choice."
If there is no study, they should be working on one. At last years sturgeon meeting in Astoria, an attendee read several data into the record documenting oversize mortality incidental to sport fishing. He had several pages of such data, but was halted by a moderator who said that he had made his point. This subject cries for scientific study. I will not participate in this fishery (targeting oversize) until I have a reasonable assurance that it does not harm the overall resource.
As to spliting the river. I have never seen the ramps so congested. I would speculate the same results upriver as folks are concentrated there.
I would rather have a lower limit or fewer days per week than have everyone crammed into one area. If they want to split the river, folks should have to pick one or the other just like we do for deer (eastern or western).