Why do some of us continue to fight for our fish and our rights to fish for fish?

Yes you can believe what you may, but to me, fishing is a right and I could care less about that "privilege" concept crap that so many of you continue to buy into!

At lease the tribes got it right! The ability to hunt and fish was mans right from the very begging. But like always, some a$$ figures that they could "charge you" for doing so, and we are where we are now! Give the Indian credit… he never screwed his fellow man that way!

Long before we had all of these "social rules" that were made to generate money only…..we hunted, and we fished, and no man took that "right" away without the fear of his actions.

That is why I fish! To me it is and inherent "right of mankind".

Like salmon and steelhead; some things are just inborn instincts, and they are responsible for our long term survival as a specie called "man". Maybe we are becoming too much like some kind of a "hatchery stock" and we are depending too much now on how someone else may be able to feed us! Fishing and hunting is an art of life!

Merry Christmas

Cowlitzfisherman