To all that has posted a answered to my posting about the lack of WDFW taking care of their responsibility to maintain their boat ramps. When I was the President of the Friends of the Cowlitz (3 years ago), we had a policy at that time to fund the "Boy Scouts of America" to help clean up the cowlitz. In tern, the local Boy Scouts in our area made a "commitment" to go down our river and pick up trash with the supervision of certain "guides" or other responsible persons who knew the water and had the right insurance to cover the event and participate. The event was to pick up river trash, and remove it from the area and bring it back to a boat ramp and then have a "local trash" company pick it up…. What a great idea! To bad it never was followed up on.

My plan was a simple one, which would involve the entire community, gives credit to the parties who participated, and also promote fishing as a family event. Well like I said earlier, things don't always go the way we plan! I know that this process will work on many Washington Rivers, if we can get the right people to motivate it! Maybe when WDFW realize that we don't "really" need them anymore, they may come back to reality! I haven't quite figured out yet how to post pictures on this site yet, but I will work that out in short order with RT. Becuase one picture of the ramp would save you the trip!

Also, I have talked to key members of WDFW who I have worked with for years about this problem. They understand the problem but their say, and know that their superiors are the problem! We need a "major" change in our fishery management if we are expected to see any change! We need to get back our control.

Cowlitzfisherman

Is the taste of the bait worth the sting of the hook?