Thumper,

Find the polls on this BB, on gamefishin, on steelheader.net...and read the comments.

Some of them have been titled things like "How long will it take for the CCA to ban Commercial Fishing?", and stuff like that...then read all the comments from all the posters...not only do they think it's gonna happen, but they think it's gonna happen soon, and that the CCA will do it.

They have polls out there about tribal fishing, too, and the Boldt Decision, and the majority of the self-proclaimed members who post on those subjects almost uniformly say the same things...CCA will change the Boldt Decision, and either significantly change, or even end tribal fishing.

Maybe the folks who post on these BB's aren't representative of the entire CCA membership, but 90% of the ones who are members and respond in those polls sure think that...look back through this thread and you'll see numerous references to "ending this" and "banning that"...most of the folks on these BB's tend to be better informed than the rest, since they can clearly use a computer and are exposed to many opinions and issues all the time, and if they believe those things, I can't imagine what the less-informed who have never heard much of the truth think when they walk up to the CCA booth at a Fair and hear that stuff...

You wanna know what I think? I think that most of the members actually believe Gary's story about how WDFW purposely killed "his" run of 32,000 coho...I think most of the members believe the CCA will end gillnets, at least, if not commercial fishing altogether...I think that most of the members believe that the Boldt Decision can be "changed by the CCA"...and I think all of the members who believe those things are going to be very, very disappointed...and will drop like flies when it doesn't happen the way they thought.

Fish on...

Todd