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The trouble with what you just posted is that you didn't take the time to go back and read what was publically put out on this board
As much as I love this Board, to both read and post on, I believe that Bob has said that he only has about 4000 active members. I do not know if that is still true, so I would yield to his knowledge on that issue. There are hundreds of thousands of sport fishermen in Washington State, and I am pretty sure that even Bob would agree that just because a issue is brought up on his board, that it does no mean that any "public notice" has been given to the hundreds of thousands who don't even know that it exists!

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The biggest mistake we can make is tell a group of dedicated anglers they don't have the right to write, speak or protest at a WDFW meeting.
On that issue we are 100% in agreement. That is the public "process". But that does not authorize the Commission to break the rule of law at there end.

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CPR Fish (narrow agenda) could be next and Friends of the Cowlitz may say YOU don't have a right to speak at a meeting one of these days.
I couldn't agree with you more! That is exactly why we must follow the rule of law.

To me, it's not about being able to kill a wild fish as much as it is that "the Commission" did not follow the rule of law. And if law can not be applied equally to all, the fish will never stand any chance for making a recovery.
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Is the taste of the bait worth the sting of the hook????