Nope, that is what I remember too. In fact at the time there was a lot of hoopla that in a "few" years we would be able to fish for them every year as sports fisherman. I remember my dad and grandfather arguing about it at the time (I was about 8). The first year we were able to fish for them the fishing was very difficult as no one knew how to catch them. We fished with 2 ounce banana weights with a 0 dodger and a U-20 Flourecent Flatfish. In the 10 outings my Grandfather, Father and I had I was the only one to catch 1 fish!

All these years later and nothing has really changed. The Indians Gillnet at night and there is no accountability on their part to publish their catch counts. Yet the Sport fisherman is checked at the docks and their fish are counted and checked.

The Boldt decision was a tough decision for the residents of Washington. But I do believe that Boldt had no choice in what he did. Unfortunately the decision as stated above is very ambiguous about what "Usual and Accustomed" might mean. Perhaps it is time to get a court ruling on that?