Dogsalmon,

Sorry man but you are mis-informed. If you have lived here any amount of time, you would know that the charter cities are skeletons of there former selves. For example, Westport's (WA) charter fleet has shrunk from a high of 200 in the early eighties to less than 40 today. Why do you think that happened? it wasn't because they were given most of the fish.

Secondly, your scenario for solving the Hump's woes sounds to me like you assume all those ocean fish are bound for Grays Harbor and the charter guys are stealing them all. The fact of the matter is that of the fish that are caught during the ocean season, over 80% are Columbia river silvers and kings.

Just setting the record straight.