For those with enough time to look up the RCW (thank you) maybe you can look into who sponsored the legislation. I think you will find commercial fishing lobbying all over it. Certainly wasn't re-written to take into account the upswing in sport dollars to the economy. The RFA seems like our best shot in the near term to get some legislation pushed through that will help sports fishing.

The legislators are all part of a rat pack in Olympia that includes the governor. They all share the same chunk of cheese and scratch each others backs. The commissioners are appointed by the governor so he can repay favors to the commercial fishing lobby that helped keep him in office. We need a great big rat trap to set right outside the capital. Start getting rid of the corrupt rats and elect some people who aren't in the pocket of special commercial fishing interests.

Maybe we should form an alliance with the tribes and get tribal members elected in Olympia in exchange for abolishing gill netting and purse seining. The tribes will have a monopoly and we get more sports fishing.