I agree with many of the posts here and like some of the solution ideas for the way netting has gotten grossly out of hand and beyond fairness or lawfulness. A couple points I will add to this thread. - Just as with the Columbia River Treaties and Judge Belloni Fed. Court review mandates that the fish be split evenly 50/50, so to has the Washington state Treaties and Fed. Court review mandates by Judge Boldt called for the fish deemed harvestable to be split evenly 50/50. As with the Col. Tribes getting 6 1/2 times the spring chinook harvest that the non-Indians got (commercial and sporties combined), it is obvious that in many rivers the Tribes of NW Washington are also getting many more times the amount of fish which are controversially deemed harvestable by someone and only for the Indians (White River and many others examples). How does this fit in with the signed Treaties and Federal Court review mandates? IT DOESN'T! - The other point I want to emphasize (and this is nothing new from me) is to keep writing your congressmen and state reps about these gross unfairnesses, in big numbers of people. We don't have to cry out any longer about the unfairness of the Boldt and Belloni even split of fish decisions; we HAVE TO cry out loudly about the Indians unethically and unlawfully getting much more than 50% of the harvest, seemingly region wide now! I also strongly urge you to become members of NSIA (Northwest Sportfishing Industry Association), and/or WSA (Wild Steelhead Coalition - accessed in P.P. forums), and/or other respected sportfishing advocacy entities, such as The Associaltion of NW Steelheaders, that are well organized with legal representatives that have a better chance at getting something positive done in our favor. By writing your reps and joining these organizations at very low yearly membership dues (the best spent money you could ever do for your fishing opportunity and success; many times more effective than buying another overpriced rod), we CAN AND WILL get closer to where we deserve to! Get after it people.

RT