jerry,
I have hidden fron the politics of our fishing world untill I got involved in this bourd.I fish the hood canal tribs so hiding has not been easy.You may have noticed that I participate alot in CF,salma,postings to help educate myself on these isues and the truth.

Here comes the flames....

I do not agree with your statewide c/r.I am a c/r fisherman and have been for 9 years now.Alot of the guys pushing for it now can't say that so think about that before ya start beating up on me.I did send in the easy form BOB suplied on this bourd.Since then I have come up against the state wide c/r.two resons

1: I do not believe that the majority of the fishermen in this state want that.I think it is important for an orginization to represent the fishermen not divide them

2:I see c/r as an excuse for fishing a fishery that needs to be closed.It is a great tool to protect a healthy run.It is not the answer for runs that are hurting.Fish die in a c/r fishery, how many depends on which study you want to use.If done right it creates alot of new fly only water.Any time you keep a failing fishery open you leave the door cracked for the bad element that is only there to do harm.

I believe for any of your mission to be acomplished you are going to need more than state wide support.With The sportfisherman as divided as they seem to be in this state getting state wide support is going to be hard enough.I am not saying that you are wasting your time as that is far from what I think.I just believe that the c/r issue further divides...

Also your location is great for city slickers...

I do commend alot of your mission and highly respect anybody that is willing to get up and do something more than complain.

PEACE
Greg