Here's an idea that will shake a few of you do-gooders guys all up!

Since WDFW can never seem to see the light at the end of the tunnel or connect with what sport fishers want, why don't they propose a trail 2 rod fishery? If WDFW needs some "extra" funding (and they never stop whining about that) why don't they use their heads…..we already know that answer to that one ?

Here's a quick and simple easy way that WDFW could simply make hundreds of thousands of dollars without spending almost anything. All WDFW has to do is to hold a special "raffle" for let's say maybe 50 permits for a fishermen to be allowed to use 2 rods on any waters in the state for one year! It couldn't possibly have any measurable effect on any endangered species, and think of all the money WDFW could raise! Tickets could be sold wherever WDFW fishing or hunting licenses are sold and the permit could simply be a special set of numbers that can be issued on the current cards that they are now being used when you get that extra salmon card.

They could charge 2 to 5 bucks for each ticket and run the raffle for a month or so. It certainly would generate a lot of free money for WDFW and also show just how much interest there is for the future need of allowing 2 rods for fishing. They could even raffle a special number of limited permits off for the guys who may want to keep a couple of wild salmon or steelhead each year. Yes, a few wild fish may bite the dust; buy think what all those "special" funds could be used for to enhance the wild fish populations.

So what can the do-gooders find wrong with this suggestion? Think hard now, because I know you can do it ….if you really try hard


Cowlitzfisherman