teddy bear??? Well thanks AuntyM..SlabQuest isn't an ogre he is EYORE....Anyway this teddy bear would have turned Grizzly had I been spit on. Especially if those commercial losers were Democrats!!!..I heard they were also throwing rocks. I noticed the little group outside a tavern and noticed they looked surly or atleast unhappy compared to the rest of the citizens of Port Townsend. I think the commercial boys need some good ol fashined WUP A$$. I think Aunty and I could have kicked their butts good.

Thanks for the offer to add this to the article Dave. The best part of this is that I believe it has already worked. Check the WDFW website in the next couple of days for revised crab rules. I liked the part of the day when the commissioners broke for lunch at 10:30am to avoid us. They left for 2 1/2 hours. So darn typical. They expected us to cause a ruckus and disrupt their meeting. We never had that intention. We merely wanted them to see us. And did they ever see us. We just set up camp in the parking lot until the commissioners returned at 12:45 of so. there was not taunting and no unruly behavior. We were just there with our boats and vehicles adorned with signs and banners and crab pots. Like our signs said: "WE CRAB WE FISH WE VOTE"

The next step along the road is to continue to gather signatures on our crab petition. We will be distributing them at the boat show and the two sportsmens shows. Then we convoy to Olympia just prior to the commission's meeting to set the rules in February. We will be writing letters to the law makers in the mean time. The same citizen involvement will continue with all the pertinent fishing issues including the Columbia River.

I have an expression for those who talk a big game but do very little: "Big Hat No Cattle". None of those folks in Port Townsend Saturday. Just some very dedicated sports fishers willing to sacrifice for the cause.