IF YOU THINK A TEMPORARY FISHING CLOSURE IS BAD...JUST WAIT!


It's amazing to see all the anger and outrage because fishing is closed on a temporary basis for sport fishermen. Tribes are sovereign nations and DO NOT have to follow the State rules. They can fish if they want.

Sportsmen and Women are outraged about the temporary closure, but don't think about the closures that have been increasing every year for the past several years as a result of the tribes having leverage over WDFW in the secret North of Falcon Meetings.

YOU WILL EVENTUALY SEE PERMINANT CLOSURES FOR RECREATIONAL ANGLERS VERY NEAR IN THE FUTURE. THIS IS EXACTLY WHY THE HARVEST AGREEMENTS ARE IN SECRET. LIKE THE FROG IN THE POT OF COLD WATER...WE ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING AND WILL SOON BOIL TO DEATH.

Last night at the WDFW Teleconference outlining Puget sound fisheries, WDFW said, "we still need to figure this all out with the Co-managers"

WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT MEANS? THEY DO THIS BEHIND LOCK DOORS, AND IF THE TRIBES WON'T AGREE, THEY WALK OUT OR STALL AND WE DON'T GET ANY PERMITS!

And yet, not a single person bothered to call in and voice a concern about it. NOT A SINGLE PERSON!

So, a temporary closure is upsetting. But where is the outrage about the slow and methodical reduction we see every year...with the goal, ultimately to take recreational fishermen off the water completely?