This will probably kill the thread, sorry about that, just a warning of what is to come.

I am probably going to go to the big no no land with this one, but here goes.

Ladies and Gentlemen we are not the only folks using this wild steelhead resourse, and maybe it is time that the other folks stepped up to the plate and pitched in. There is no question in my mind that all the fishing done by sportsmen in these rivers cannot even come close to the damage done by the nets. Would nt it be nice if we all layed off for a few years to see what the rivers could really produce. I am positive that wdfg surely does not know. I would not want to affect someones religion so I guess I would go along with cerimonial fishing for tribal needs. Maybe the sportsmen could also fish for say two weeks C/R only. I guess I would not claim lost opporitunity for being flooded out. Of course this whole subject should be revisited in say five years to access levels of stock and determine maybe how many fish should be taken to leave the resorce in super shape.

Since we could never get the tribal fishermen/netters to go along with this I guess it is just a beautiful dream eh. My 2 cents wasted.