Thanks to the state and the feds it looks like campgrounds, convienance stores and delis are going to suffer big time from I-5 to the Bonneville

A couple years ago they passed rules that close the river to shad too when its closed to Salmon! The indians are going to be really happy this year there going to make a mint when the shad are running. totaly B.S!
I am getting sick a fricking tired of this states dum arse policies there running the sports fishermen out of town. I guess my friend vince wasnt kidding when he said in the fifties he saw it in writing somewhere that the Indians made a deal with the Government that insured we got the timber and they got the fish!

I bet it doesnt help much that the director of the bonneville dam is a member of P.E.T.A .
I was told this by fisheries biologist at the SQUAWFISH check stations after the Bonneville recreation area was close to all night fishing and overnite parking. I used to fish for squawfish and walleye all the time down there. Until that B.S The checkstation had to move across the highway even though they were done by the time the rec area closed. I dont believe the B.s about they closed it because of trash and poachers. there was only about 20 of us who fished at night down there and we picked up are stuff and watched out for the viet cong sturgeon poachers, nowone got away with it when we were there. Now the poachers have open range and the sturgeon get raped. Most the trash came from the ruskies and ornamentals during the day.

As far as qouta management goes, what a frickin joke! Salmon come out of the fishwheels and into the truck of the tourist cars, no record taken at all. Just cash and beer transactions. Last times feds tried to enforce qouta records one was tried to the railroad tracks and that was the end of that.

I read an article in the fishing and hunting news that depressed me for a week. Thre taking sturgeon from below the Bonneville and transplanting them up river because the Indians could not get there so called qouta this year! Ya that makes a whole lot of sense!

Since all thats open in area 10 right now is bullheads I think I'll go give it a try before work tommorrow. With my barbless jig
Actually I think flounder is open to yipeeeee! what a frickin nightmare this states fisheries are turning into, and to think that theres plenty of people out there that still think more regs on us is going to help even a smiget!