Whoa MountainMan,
I don't see how you can view my comments as extreme or negative. I don't have a problem with harvest of a sustainable resource. I catch and kill hatchery fish, but if a hatchery is having quota problems (I wish we could get this info. easier) I will tend to release hatchery fish. I don't have a problem with someone's legal right, but I'm just trying to do my best minimise my effect of using the resource. What other people do within the law is their business! I do have a problem with some of the laws and fish management policies. This is where I agree with you in the sense that I do need to do more than just type on my computer.

I can't find in any of my posts where I said "my use is OK and yours is not". I simply stated I would give up some of my uses to help the problem.

I find your comment about me spewing hate offensive to say the least. I think anyone reading would view your comments toward me as the malicious ones.


My original point has more to do with all sporties doing there part to help a problem (is that negative?). I truely believe that the sporties are not the the biggest threat to wild steelhead. I recently looked at the 98-99 catch stats. and its clear on many OP rivers that it isn't the sporty making the biggest dent in the population. I simply think we need to do our part to help the problem, since our rights as sportsman are the first to be infringed upon. My plee is no different than asking everyone to bring out more garbage than they bring in, in order to not loose access to the river.

I respect your position totally, and I think your right to harvest this resource is being taken away by those groups who over harvest or impact fish habitat.





[This message has been edited by Monty (edited 01-28-2001).]