I have encouraged people in the past to take photos like this one so when we hear the rosy stuff we can see what really happens. I notice in the photo that there is an escape through the small locks but the nets stretch over towards the fish ladder. Look in the viewing windows and guess what else you will see? Chinook....that's right..the threatened run of Chinook moving up into the lake. Do you think that the same folks who claim ceremonial rights and sustinence rights (food) would let these threatened fish go? Even if they would they won't survive a gill net anyway. And if anyone had the time try filming after dark in the canal all the way from the locks to the lake.

Then..one of these days the tribes will announce their "opening" and then the fleet of gill netters in all things big and small will converge on Lake Washington to get their fair share... Oh and all you have to do is call the tribes if you want to get a count of the catch. They'lll be happy to tell you whatever you want to hear. Call WDFW and see what they say if you ask them how many Sockeye have been netted so far. Try it some time.

Sorry to say that accountability is non existent with the tribes. We are handing them our fisheries on a silver platter and I know the Boldt Decision did not mandate that.