micropterus101: you my kind of people! You have a mind of your own and your common sense speaks for its self. I am not just saying that because you are backing up some of what I have been trying to tell these guys for years. You got the guts to speak out, and that tells me a lot about you!

Maguana: what say also makes good common sense!

Cohoangler:

Some of what you are saying makes sense….But some does not!

People of Washington State are in all sense, "the state". The "state" is only a group of elected individuals who are elected to "representation it's people". And I believe that the "tribe" is very similar as well, because without its people, the tribe would not exist either. The tribe is nothing more than an extension of its people. It makes common sense to me, how about you?

So the reality then is; both the tribes and the state are only "employees" who represent their people"…right?

The last time that I checked, neither the state, nor the tribes, elected itself…right? So in reality, the state and the tribes are the "people"!

Isn't the word "privilege" defined as a "right"? Am I missing something again? The way that I am reading it…it is! (Webster's Second college Edition); Privilege; 1) a "right", advantage, favor, or immunity specially granted to one; esp., a "right" by certain individuals, group, or class, and withheld from certain others or all others; 2) a basic "civil right", guaranteed by a government. Did you notice that in every definition it is called a "right"? And who does that granting of that right come from…we, the people!

So please explain to me how I may be confusing that fishing is a right for the State and for the Tribes", but it's not a "right" for either the "Tribal members" or for the "recreational anglers"? Are they not one and the same?

The way that I am reading this is; privilege is a basic civil "right" that is given to people by "themselves", because the people are the "government" and the government is the people! What other possible way can a reasonable person interrupt it?

Maybe now you can understand why I say what I say. At lease you have taken the time to consider another's persons view point. That kind of criticism is good and productive and I can understand most of your logic.

Boy, and I said all of that after only fishing for 3 hours!!!

Cowlitzfisherman