Does anyone remember when sportsmen could fish the rivers the same time as the tribes were netting? Do you remember that it was on one river (the Puyallup) that the tribes first demanded (and won) the exclusive use of the rivers for netting, based on conflict. Which I might add was more speculative that substantiated. Now the exclusive use of the river is common practice. Sportsmen loose days to fish. Almost all the rivers are listed as "navigable waters" in Western Washington by the way.

Does anyone remember when Citizens of this state could fish on the Skokomish River? Another river that is listed as Navigable. And one in which State funded fish are exclusively given to the tribes.

Does anyone see a trend here...