Headhunter: As fish runs dwindle, and as more and more access area disappears, anglers are finding themselves in much more crowded and challenging situations. Throw in the mayham that is currently taking place on the Skokomish River and the mounting tensions between Tribal and Non-Tribal Fishermen, and you have a recipe for disaster. I totally agree with you on one point.... There will be bloodshed on the Skokomish soon. Maybe not this year, but if things continue the way they are, it's only a matter of time before something bad happens. I know that I have been very critical of the Tribes and their harvest practices, and I'll continue to criticize Tribal harvest practices until something is done to police them. That being said, it is not Tribal Members in general that I have a problem with. I have a problem with the ones who are so rude and inconsiderate that they will go out of their way to screw a guy out of a day of enjoyable fishing. The ones who purposely throw their nets out two feet from where you are trying to fish, the A$$holes who where useing Seal Bombs last Sunday night on the Skokomish as a means of chasing fish into the nets.... That is a bunch of crap and has no place in any type of fishery, Tribal or otherwise. I have fished around Skokomish Tribal Members who were very courteous and even went out of their way to not interfer with the Sport Fishermen. However, these individuals are the exception rather than the rule. Most of the Skokomish Tribal Fishermen I have encountered were rude, inconsiderate, degenerates. You are right, something does have to change, but how? Sport Fishermen have given up everything they have to give. The Tribes are already getting the Lions Share, so how can the Sport Fishermen give anything more than what we've already given? The fact of the matter is that the ball is in the Tribes' court. It is time for the Tribes to do a little giving for a change. It is time for the Tribes to step up and do what is right. Get those God D@mned nets out of the rivers and start to do what is nesessary to save the fish runs! I know that if I were a member of a Tribe whose heritage revolved around Salmon and Steelhead, I'd feel a bond with those fish, so much so that it would simply kill me to see my own people sh!tting all over the very resource that sustained us for so many years. It would sicken me to call myself a Skokomish Tribal Member.