You bet I've been negative, I hate seeing how good fishing was once and how shotty it is now days... I've also been around the block for a while as well, I've see many anglers come and go on this site as well as others thinking they have the answer to fixing the problem.. The latest chant is obviously CCA.

It just cracks me up that the CCA bandwagoners think that eliminating the gillnets and switching to "more selective" netting is going to solve the CR problem... Face it, even if you eliminated nets as a whole the fisheries we have are still going down the drink... There's too many user groups handling too much of the wild fish pie....

A resolution you ask? It's sort of like Oregon hunting you know, most hunting units over there are by special permit or drawing the tag that year. They regulate how many people hunt a certain area... I wouldn't be suprised if that's what fishing turned to, it's the only way to stay ahead of population growth.... Have you seen your local river lately? I know SW WA and most of the Oregon Coast rivers have been pummeled by so many people fishing, sadly enough our wild fish populations don't seem to handle that well. Not with all the other obstacles and predators they face.... And let's face it, your average fisherman isn't that of the 70's anymore. Between technology advancement, free internet schooling and all the collective free knowledge of "how-to-fish" the average sportsman get's the job done now days and theres not enough to go around....

Keith