ltlCleo- You missed the point of the thread?! But since you did reply, do you know the market for the chum eggs - I was just curious what the $$ figure was driving that circus. I fish HP with a fly rod where I hook 99% in the kisser and happen to agree with your comments about the snagging being ugly. I assume you have seen the netting slaughter as well. I would rather we were all required to use hook/line, rather than nets, but hey - I tried to avoid that pointless debate in this thread. Regardless, what happens there on Tues/Thurs is painful to watch, the snagging is also a shame. I cannot comment on the science element of what affect the Indian's 'style' of fishing has on the Canal. I will defer to others on that. There is no doubt a huge # of dead fish in that system, either way. The tossing of fish on the bank after stripping the eggs just seems wasteful to me.