I was shocked to read an opinion piece you printed titled “The myths about coho,” written by a local self-described fisherman. I will not go into the various conspiracies suggested by Russell Chatham about Roy’s ladder and San Geronimo Creek’s name, but will instead address some other cynical and misleading comments.
Mr. Chatham broadly accuses the highly educated staff at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife of being “famously irresponsible” and for “never giving…