............PERMIT UPDATE...............I was really glad to see the hatchery remain open, but of course the fisherman would have to flip the bill with the raising of permit prices....The city claimed that there was not enough income from the purchase of permits to keep it open..and it would cost more for a boat permit....This of course raised opposition from the sailboat owners who thought that would not be fair. ... and no wonder, I was fishing around the west side slips and noticed that most of the sailboats did not even have a permit on them and some had stickers dating back to 2007....Last Friday while trying to hide from the wind...I decided to head back around the west slips to chase sand bass.....I was very surprised to see that just about every boat on the west side now has permits on them....most were purchased in April......I would just like to thank those owners for bringing their boats back to date and hopefully the extra income will keep the hatchery open for years to come!!!!