The fish wheels were the most hated, but they were up stream of the gillnetters. There were about 165 fish traps in the lower river and they interfered with gillnetting. There were in the about 20 seine operators. Bottom line, they didnt like the competition. They had tribal members arrested. There were various closures and restictions that were not shared by both states. The primary season was April thru August and they passed a law that prevented anyone from fishing from Saturday at 6pm through Sunday night or Monday. The gillnetters didnt like the idea the traps could still easily be used on the off day.

The fishermans Protective union produced a report and talked about their hatred of other gear and their attempts to get rid of them. They had the Feds come out and do a survey of the river for navigatioinal purpose for the navy and then banned all permanent waterfront structures that could affect navigation, about 1890. At one time, they had a count of 1600 gillnet boats on the CR.
The UW has it on their online library.