something tells me that if the nets go away so will our sport fishing.

let's look at the hoh river as an example. this last summer sport fishermen were not allowed to kill HATCHERY spring king strays and not allowed to start fishing until june instead of may 16. reason being, the tribe only got 10 days to net from may 16-sept 1st. the state was actively trying to protect those wild spring and summer kings, but both parties got hit. if we were allowed to kill the hatchery strays the tribe would of never cut back without federal involvement. all the decisions and haggling were made between the state and the tribe, we werent involved at all to my knowledge.


do the nets do more damage then us, duhhhh yes they do

for our steelhead situation though you also have to remember- foregone opportunity. what do you think will happen if we give up any sport harvest at all, do you honestly expect the tribe to cut back? granted I am not a harvester at all, but i do not trust the tribes should we go straight catch and release.

pretty much the most twisted F'ed up situation imaginable here, how 1 evil affects another evil that affects the not evil. sport harvest - gill netting - sport fishing.



petitioning the state is cool, but is it really going to do anything? the tribes dont care what the state says, it will have to go federal. and that would be bad for all of us, because america views indians as what they were when we landed here not what some of them truly are now. on top of that, they likely will favor commercial fisheries as a means of sustenance and the economic aspect (completely ignoring the economic value of sport fishing)


so what will petitioning the state end up doing for us?
usually means you and i get fuked


all of us here know what needs to be done to help save the fish while still allowing everyone to use the resource. but the legal channels it has to go through... welllll yuck. that or the tribe needs to start caring and become honest etc.


sorry my views dont seem as optimistic as maybe they should be, i more or less have lost faith in any decision makers regarding fisheries to make the most fair decisions. i cant say "best decisions" (to protect the fish) because truly that would just be straight closure for EVERYONE to ensure protection