Sparkey you have made snide remarks all along, including posts under this thread and others... Including the one that led to me calling you arrogant.

CFM raises questions on this issue, he gets shut down. I have disagreed with CFM a ton, I just find it odd that he gets warned on this one and he wasn't really attacking anyone, he is just on the other side of the issue.

You want a new question... here it goes?

How do you feel about environmentalists aligning with WSC and WSR? It appears from these postings on a different board, that this one self proclaimed non-fishing environmentalist applauds the efforts and is looking forward to more closures...


"Thanks Rich:

Western Clallam and Jefferson Counties are not hotbeds of stewardship. There have been two pro-release letters to the editor (Peninsula Daily News in Port Angeles), both well written and both from out of town.

Some locals have petitions going to repeal the madatory release regulations, and our local state politicians (Buck and Hargrove)never take the side of salmon.

Most of the problem, I think, is lack of understanding. I see fishermen stomping through redds, yanking hooks out, throwing jacks back in the salmonberries so as to cleanse the gene pool of stunted fish.

I would go even further than the pro-release regs. I'd like to see no fishing on small streams with runs under 1,000 fish and no baited hooks anywhere because of the increased mortality. I think redds should also be protected."


I would agree with protection of the redds, but shut down smaller streams??? They also talked about closing chinook salmon, chum in the straits, a bait ban, and went on to say that a lot more closures are needed. I find it concerning when these type of people are in WSC's camp.

How do you feel about these issues? (if they haven't already been asked..)