No there is not a broad stock program on the Hump.

I have to put the blame on the state. They allow it all to happen.

Quote by Double Haul,
I have seen the harvest data of tribal vs sport harvest on the Quinault, Queets, by the Quinault as well as the Hoh and it is very disportionate.

I could tell it was disportionate without the data. I would say they took maybe 90% of what was caught on the hatch steehead. Their nets went in 24-7 on Dec. 2. The river was blown and came back in on the 1st. We were catching some nice fresh hatchery and native silvers. The 3rd nothing no bites for anyone. the nets choked them off. Native silvers gone. They stayed in till noon on the 23rd then went back in on the 26th. They keep the native silvers and steelhead.

They are entitled to 50%. So that should mean we should get to keep the other 50% of the native fish. There are some that think that so they take an ocassional wild one. "My native friend nets all he can, I'm taking this one." The hatchery steelhead are done on the hump so any fish they take now are all natives. I put it on the state for allowing it.

I've talked to alot of longtimers and they say fishing was great till the "Bolt Decission" then it took 4 years for it to get wipped out. One guy told me the 1st year he went down to the bottom and counted 55 nets. They had a real tough time getting the boat thru the gountlet of nets.

Don't get me started on the state biologist that keep the plant at 140,000 hatchery steelhead.

What the hell can we do? It’s the state that doesn’t give a turd. Can we sport fisherman unite to get something done? Can we unite to put presure on the state? Boycott buying fishing licenses. What?