Dicks has long been a strong supporter of sport fishing, but he has little clout with the sate commissioners. He's also a good guy. I have had the chance to sit and have a beer with him and talk fishing. He knows the topic well.

If this has been discussed by a politician as high ranking as the governor I missed it.

This is where commercial fishing needs to go and I am grateful to any politician discussing it. Who knows what if any action we will get, but I favor our chances more when the governor is talking about it then when she is not. Like it or not commercial fishing is not going away as long as there are fish. We need to move toward selective harvest. I see this discussion as a positive steop in that direction.

We need to try to look past party affilliation and look at who can do us the most good. Dicks is a dem and a sport fishers friend. Yet another dem is state senator is one of our worst enemies. I would support Gregoie or Rossi in a heart beat if they could convinvce me they were willing to work hard to bring about selective commercial harvest. i couldn't care less which party bring us what we need, as long as someone does the job.

Those who ask the Governor to “do something” about Indian fishing simply don’t understand the history of the issue. I would love to hear what that “something” would be.