"but I am a sport fisherman and believe that we should get our half"


You share half with the non-tribal gillnetters, non-tribal trollers, non-tribal commercials of all flavors. The actual recreational percentage of the harvest is a number I don't have, but would guess it to be 20% or less of the total harvest.

I consider myself a lot more open minded about tribal fishing rights, and what the spirit of the Boldt decision was about than most west end sporties. So if I'm really disturbed by the pic of the river being totally and overwhelming obstructed to upstream passage, chances are the average person on the street would be freaked out as well.

I think the CCA has a shot at making changes if they approach this from the conservation angle. Any reasonable person who saw nets stretched out like that would wonder WTF was going on, and how were any fish expected to spawn unless they sprouted f'n wings. Keep shooting those pics. With very little commentary they are a very persuasive argument against nets.

I'm a solid proponent of weir's with Fed monitors/observers. We get an accurate count of upriver escapement, wild/or listed fish swim off alive, tribes bonks their cut and can immediately process their fish, everything gets monitored by live observer or by 24 hour camera. Just my 2 C.

VHawk