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Originally posted by R Ridgeway:
The Quinalts have 100% control of the lower river and I'm sure they wouldn't share it with you unless you're willing to pop for $100 a head......hunter (had to say it!). Can't really say they're putting fish in the river for sportfishers....wake up...it's for their back pocket. I'm all ears to hear of a tribe in Washington with a deep abiding love to preserve nates outside the Quinalts. I'm at a loss.
On a separate note congrats go out to the 30 or so who punched a nate on the Quileute System over the weekend....never mind those fish that didn't get checked. Feel free to choke on your prized catch. A picture says a thousand words...what are you thinking!


My God, if it's legal to keep nates in a particular, then that run isn't in danger. 30 fish will have almost zero impact on the run at all. Less than half of one percent. I'm all for the catch and release of natives, but if a person catches a trophy nate, in a river that's legal to keep them and he wants to mount a trophy, so be it. Give the guy a break. Now, a person who's filling out their punch card on nates is a different story. I'm talking about the people who keep 1 or 2 nates every few years.