Originally Posted By: DrifterWA
12/16/2023

ohhhh to be able to walk a river bank again, balance problem, have to use walker in my house, get hold of a cart in order to shop, use a wading stick just to walk my property. I can fish from my boat but you'll not see me stand, and I use 2 walking poles to get to my boat or back up to tow vehicle when done fishing.

I've walked hundreds of miles on the Wynoochee, the Satsop, the Humptulips, the Wishkah, the Hoh, the Queets, and many others but no more.

WDFW won't come up with a way for people with health or physical problems to use a boat to fish...............it'd be so easy....handicapped sticker, boat numbers, vehicle license numbers......wouldn't be a problem for LE to have a copy of that in their computer or cell phone but ????????? grrrrrrrrr

I'd sure be on the Chehalis, until December 31........Male Silvers only....haven't eaten a winter steelhead since I retired, 1997.


I completely agree there should be a way for folks like you to get out there in boats. The Cowlitz is a good sled river, but the Kalama, Willapa, or Naselle? Not so much.

Personally, I can't imagine what harm it would really do to have you out on the Chehalis back-bouncing spoons about now.....