Perhaps what Bob was saying was that the creel census is only a snap shot and does not represent the larger picture. The census takers do not need to be inaccurate or falsifying data to come up with numbers that do not cover all of what is going on. They mostly get data from where they can contact the most anglers in a short time frame. Thusly, most of the floats and bank sections are not being reported in the census.

Also take into account a lot of guys will not report a release (remember when we were "required" to punch them on the card?) because those numbers are added in to the magical mathmatical formula that determines mortality, and our harvest looks higher.

Sounds like too many natives bitin' the dust to me though!


GS
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"It's NOT that much farther than the Cowlitz!"

"I fish, therefore someone else must tend the cooler!"