Thanks for this posting.

I am not for killing native steelhead. How ever this is just another attempt to white wash the real issue. It will not only take native release but no netting by gill netters and native americans alike, curbing devlopment and resposible and effective habitat management. Until these other issues are met I cannot get behind this measure.All this does is to make it seem like the commison is doing something ,appeasing the bigest lobbys and its cheap.

I also belive that the meat fishermen have a right to their rights as well.The best way I know to keep a "meat" fisherman (which I am one)from keeping a native is to have so many hatchery fish around as to fill our bellies and our fill of the action as not to want to kill one. I've seen It time and time again people that would not normaly keep a native do so becasue thay haven't seen a hatchery fish in weeks.The game department just keeps on closing hatcherys?

i pay for this resourse just like the next guy but it seems its always us that get the bad rap and the fishing restrictions imposed. The commision can impose restriction on gill netters without a vote of the people, they have that power. The native american issue that's another story.

Untill we get our act together They will continue to dump on us.

Thanks