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If they're guiding, than they'll have the same goals as us, more fish in the river to be caught on a hook and line.

They'll get more $ per fish killed (who knows they might even release some) and there will be more left over for the the rest of us.
Ok, let me get this straight. We're b!tching about wild steelhead being killed by tribal nets, and in the same breath advocating more tribal sportfishing on these same wild fish?

A dead fish is a dead fish!

Does it really matter if it was killed by a tribal gillnet or some meat-hungry "sportsman"? The end result is the same. If it could somehow become more economically feasible for tribal guides to conduct well monitored C&R fisheries, then maybe the end result of more fish overall to catch could be realized. But as long as there is a kill fishery on the Queets natives be it nets or hook and line, this WHOLE issue boils down to "sportsmen" being mostly angry about the fact that they didn't get their own shot to fill the freezer 'cause the tribes got 'em first. frown
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