They may have had an individual subsistance permit or some other right to net that we don't know about. Who knows? They could also have been bending the rules a bit. There is a "bad element" in every part of our society, and maybe the folks you saw were, maybe they weren't. Maybe you should have called the Quillute tribe and asked.

I'm sure that we have never seen a sport fisher dump trash, snag, be rude and inconsiderate, or in any way bend the rules. Don't let the actions of one person color your opinion of their entire group.

Get the fish you can, and until we can legislate some changes, deal with the rules as they are. I know a few fish cops, and they have no problem approaching either native or sports fishers to verify their rights to fish. When in doubt, call 'em out. Andy