I just finished reading all the comments concerning this issue. What a bunch of Hog- Wash! It may not be right, but the non-residents that do go to Canada and guide kind of break even with the Chinooks for many of there own actions that they do in the States. I know for a fact, that even those in the Canadian Police force (The Canadian Mounted Police) may be some of the biggest hypocrites known. When Candia's best send out the "wrong message" we should react back! I know that a lot of you "Chinooks" won't like what I am going to tell you but so what!

For the last 12 years, I have known a friend who lived on the Cowlitz and has invited a number of people who lived in Canada to come and fish the Cowlitz each year. I have personally met many of them myself; including a Canadian Mounted Police Officer. His wife was also a "Mounted Police Officer. I personally took the man and his daughter out fishing for spring chinook and Coho on the Cowlitz several years ago. Even that Canadian officer didn't buy or purchase a none-resident license for his daughter, he allowed his daughter to bring in at least 2 nice Springer's and then used "his punch" card to make to fish legal. But before I could say jack ****… he hit the fish in the head, end of story!

Was that right… No! Do 2 wrongs make it right...No

So the story goes on and on about the many ways we abuse the laws by both sides. But what really gets to me is that they (the Canadians) have the balls to gripe on this BB about illegal fishing or guiding in Canada, and then play dome to the fact that are breaking their own laws every single day. I also know that they (these same people) along with many other Canadians have no problems asking us to bring across their borders all the rods, reels, and fishing tackle that we can carry and sell it to them at cost, or maybe a slight bet higher, because they KNOW what they will have to pay much more taxes if they buy it out of state and bring it back home legally. This also goes for "other stuff", other then fishing tackle! I know for a fact, that a friend sold his boat to a Canadian about 4 years ago and was asked to sign an affidavit stating that it was it a "gift" so he could bring it across their border without paying the extremely high taxes. It was not a "gift" but was sold to the Canadian for a pretty good profit! I don't know for sure if it was the Mounted Police that bought it, but I do know that he (the Mounted Police) knew about the purchase. In fact, to the best of my knowledge he was using the same boat to "guide" from! So Candia, don't ***** too much until to clean up own your act!

Cowlitzfisherman,


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