I really do not where to begin, but this letter is smartly wordsmithed to nothing more than "play nice or else" with the scale tipped towards native redress. Would I be wrong to state, regardless if an agreement is reached or not, the tribes will still be fishing? Leave no doubt, the "Right" card will get played! I can only imagine the how devastating the economic impact would be if sporties couldn't fish.. Perhaps that is what needs to happen! Hit 'em where it hurts!

We are long overdue on readdressing the Boldt Decision with so many other factors at play today. (E.g., ESA, habitat, numbers of fish, etc.) In this day and age, why do "we" allow less than one percent of the population continuously to bully us when the majority of tribes are blessed with millions of dollars a day at their casinos? Is the next indian war teetering? I think so. Unfortunately, our wonderful, highly educated leaders in Olympia cannot even fund K-12 education after two years (now until next year) despite a $100K a day fine, but want free community college for all Washington State residents. How do we expect them to contend with this issue?

Given the state of our anadromous fisheries I wonder how many of you are seriously considering not buying a license for 2016/17 season? If I was hanging around- no brainer! However, I would at least wait until the NOF process was over before a decision was made.

The gal and I leave Washington State next week for good. If you only folks knew how hard it for me to reflect back on 40-plus of salmon (and steelhead) fishing then stare into the possibility of no fishing in Puget Sound... I know the light at the end of the tunnel is dim, but how you guys and gals hang on to any hope at this point is beyond me. Fight the good fight!

I am truly hoping for nothing but the best for you! I'll continue to post from the Lost Coast!