Bob,

The parts of the Quinault, Queets, and Salmon Rivers that are within the Quinault Indian Reservation are wholly under their ownership and control. They're not "owned" by the state and held in trust for us.

Thus, you have to have an Indian guide to fish on those parts of the rivers.

The "in common with" language in the treaties applies to off-reservation, usual and accustomed fishing areas, and an example of where that works would be like on the Chehalis, where the Quinaults net and we fish side by side.

The upper Quinault is outside the reservation, and you and I can fish there without a tribal guide...same with the upper Queets and lower Salmon River.

It's up to the particular tribe as to what the regulations will be on their reservation. I believe that if you fish portions of Lake Roosevelt that are within the Colville Reservation, or, say, the Pend Oreille river within the Kalispel Indian Reservation, you don't need a guide, but you do need a tribal recreational fishing license.

Fish on...

Todd.