Since this issue has boiled to our attention, I have done all I can to learn who Washington Trout is and what they stand for. Contrary to what some seem to think, I do not believe they are some evil empire intent on keeping us all from fishing. They have worked very hard to protect wild salmon and steelhead, in a number of ways. They have battled, nets, tribes, poor hatchery practices and anything else they believe harms the fish.

It does appear to me that they value the fish more than our rights to fish. But this is one more area where the sportsman lose because they want to bicker among themselves rather than ignore the issues where we disagree to focus on the ones where we do agree.

I think that we need to work together to the extent possible for the fish and our fishing rights. Constant name calling, and wild allegations will not help. If you disagree with W.T. on this issue, more power to you. But your best weapon will be well thought out scientific rebuttal of their allegations.

Because this will ultimately be decided by the courts the best defense will be scientific proof that the W.T. allegations are untrue. Or if the W.T. allegations are correct, we need to see if there are ways to plant fish at different sizes , places, or times to mitigate the effect.

I agree with 4 Salt that Ramone, might be more inclined to share his "proof" if this were not such a hostile environment.