Everyone,
I have an idea! Now this is not a solution to the problem in any means but hear me out. I have never seen what you guys have as far as taking fish for the eggs, but I read an article in STS not too long ago that focused in on carcasses in the rivers. I also broodstock a few local rivers and we deposit the carcasses back into the rivers for the smolts to feed on. Yeah we could sell them to the cat food industry but we don't. I guess what I am saying is, why not take the fish carcasses left by the indians and photograph or video tape everything so in case some jerk of a warden stops you with 100+ fish in your old chevy you have some proof of what is going on. Then take these fish and deposit them in your local stream or river, god knows we don't have enough carcasses per mile, so why not help out while still making a point? Also take all of the video footage and photos and get news crews and who ever else down there to see this kind of garbage. Trust me they will get tired of all of the publicity and either clean up their ways or get the heck out! I have been raised to go about things somewhat nicely, so I guess being a jerk yourself is not really the greatest answer but sometimes the only way to fight fire is with fire. Just my .02

Thanks,
Andy Matthews