Sg...as usual, that sage advice will fall on deaf ears.

If you want people to listen, you must blame it on the [nonexistent] nets, especially those damn Indians, and then throw in a CCA cheer.

Other than that, you're mostly pissing in the wind...the fact that all the stuff you talked about in that last post is not only available to the public in numerous channels, but has been discussed here...repeatedly...makes no difference.

You can't appeal to the average dude's logic when he'd prefer to have his inaccurate emotions stroked, instead.

There are numerous causes for the reduced number of steelhead available in the Sauk and Skagit Rivers, and none of them involve a quick and easy point at 'the' culprit, and a quick and easy solution to follow.

Steelhead don't hardly even eat sardines, but now commercial netting of sardines is the culprit? The only thing that would be better is if it were Indians netting the sardines...then we could really get whooped up about it.

I sure hope the folks that are planning on testifying at the WDFW have a lot more intelligent things to say than the inaccurate rantings posted on this thread...it's hard enough to get the Commission's attention when you are using things like facts and logic...use ridiculous arguments and they'll tune you out before you get three words in...you'd be better off saving the gas money and going fishing.

Rant Alert:

Contrary to popular belief, this is why the recreational angler gets screwed so much...they don't have a cohesive message or story to stick to like the commercials do...and a large part of that lack is due to the fact that many, if not most anglers prefer to remain ignorant of the facts, and instead prefer to rant.

That's where the "non-united" front comes from...it comes from those who take the time to educate themselves about the issues having to burn half their time and resources telling the rest to just STFU and stop making things worse.

End of Rant.

Carry on.

Fish on...

Todd