I am not trying to get any enemies but you guys always argue and complain about nothing. You guys spend more time complaining and whining about fishing then you do talking about fishing. I just became a member and I was reading over your posts and most of them did not concern fishing. While reading over some of them I also became aware of some lies. You all have it out for snaggers, however, I have a feeling that some of the people who post also snag.
My first problem is that you guys complain about everything. While reading I ran across a post about people using two poles. Who cares? If someone has enough balls to use two then let them. If you have a problem with it then just shut your mouth, or use two yourselves. Just because someone else has more nerve then you do does not mean that you should run to the game warden and rat him or her out. You guys miss the main point most of the time. Some of you understand but do not do anything about it. The real problems are with the netting of the rivers, commercial fishing, and pollution. The final one that I have mentioned none of you even think of. Pollution of the river is one of the main causes. Most of the watershed has been ruined around rivers, along with damns, and the other countless bull**it left behind on the stream by fishermen. To top it all off you guys worry about people snagging fish and you get all excited when someone gets caught. Did anyone ever think of how f***ed up it is when a fish runs into a gill net or commercial fishing boat.
For some reason no one else on the site admits to snagging. However, I have noticed that salmon in rivers never bite so for some strange reason you guys get them to. I am not saying that it never happens but in most small rivers it does not. If a fish can see you then he is not going to bite. It also seems that maybe you just floss the fish? Who I am to know? Think about it does it matter if you catch a fish by the a** or the head. Of course not. Think about this one, example, the Quilicene has a man made silver run. That is correct so who cares if the fish are snagged, it is man made so who cares. I was there this year, there were plenty of fish, more than anyone could have snagged. Guess what they were all hatchery fish. The game wardens should spend more time making sure the nets around the rivers were the correct distance a way or protecting endangered salmon runs on other rivers. Instead they worry about some stupid hatchery run. Kind of Ironic?
Last but not least most if not all of you are older men. That means that you guys have boats and can go out fishing in the ocean. I went out for the first time out in the ocean and let me tell you any idiot can catch a fish out there. Put a herring on a hook, throw it underneath a downrigger, and in a couple of minutes you have a fish. All I can say is that snagging a fish is a hell of a lot harder. I also went fishing in Alaska for Sockeyes. We were catching them in the mouth up there but they were not taking the fly voluntarily. Before you dog on everyone for snagging think about how pointless it is and that the time could have been spent solving bigger problems. If we could eliminate pollution, commercial fishing, and netting then snagging would not be a problem. Nor does snagging account for a % of all fish caught.