Bob

That is a great question! How can all of the "groups" of sport fishermen ever get together? How many times have we "screwed" ourselves up already? We can't even agree on catch and release, and the state agency; WDFW knows it!

Somehow, I am not quite sure how or when that may happen or change, we need to "unite", "forget our own personal battles", and get our acts together! Who in hell cares about wild fish or hatchery fish… when there may be "no fish" left for any of us to catch? Believe me; WDFW knows how to "play" both sides!

There are only a few people that I know that may be able to do that almost impossible challenge. How many people to you know of? You know as I well as I do, that money speaks! When we are pretty much largely only volunteers, who do you think speaks the loudest or even gets heard?

I admirer both you and your efforts to enhance our sport fishery.

BUT…

How do you think that all of the sport fishermen groups can get together and turn this endless downward spiral around? I would volunteer my time and efforts to so. Can we get enough others to the same?????

Legal battles are both time, money, and mind consuming as well as extremely difficult to keep everyone focused on! Do we have enough support to do it? I know what my times and commitments are, but do other members have the same time and commitment to do so?

Number one, it takes MONEY (loys of money), than it takes a few people with good legal common sense to make it all come together (and that does not mean that they all have to be attorneys to that). Fact is; more attorneys, more money, more BS and less focus on the issue at hand.

Our laws where designed to represent what "common" people may think! As often, attorneys are not "common people". Can we change the position that we are in…yes! Will we do it…????

Cowlitzfisherman