This regulation perplexes me too...but not for the reason Chaz states. My confusion is why the commish see these "give 'em what they don't want by giving them what the like" pleases no one and everyone inbetween. It leaves me scratching my head.
The same thing happened to Young Womans Creek.
Was Selective Harvest ALO I believe until it fell below Class A and the WCCSA lobbied to stock it because its right at the outflow of their nursery but they never could cuz it was class A. After much deliberation and public meetings the Commish decided OK, you can stock it (pleasing them and not the wild torut guys) but you cannot harvest trout (not pleasing them but pleasing the wild trout guys.
There everyone is happy....see....or are they?
Then Pine Creek. Lets make a DHALO area below Below the canyon...Slate Run downstream 2.8 miles they said...it makes sense to be Delayed Harvest there as Finkbiner will tell "the Piney she will warm in the summer with all the rocks". The locals have a fit because now they can't fish with bait. So they protest and the Commish is listening to their plea....and say OK, lets make it All Tackle, we got a sign for that....but it All tackle Catch and Release. So the Bait guys are happy they can fish bait but unhappy they can't harvest. (likely the issue Chaz is raising). And the C&R guys are saying...well OK, um sure but this is dumb.
Another one off the end of the bat Commish...nice try thanks for playing.
Hey they had ALL the right regs 15 years ago...All they needed was a Delayed Harvest All Tackle reg and they could have hung a sign on any stream and make it work.
Then they shoves all those regs into three or four shoeboxes and now its a mess.