I agree that the State should not be stocking private lakes on private property...hard to compare salmon/steelhead to that, though, when not only is the entire river open to fish, but accessible, too...you just can't drive in there and launch a boat.
Take home for me is that I hope the State buys access, and that the "private property personal responsibility anti-Socialists" who want this drop their hypocrisy and realize that when the entirety of the taxpayers in Washington fund buying this access for us, then that is Socialism by any definition that you can stretch it into.
Fish on...
Todd
"Accessible" is a relative term. There are a few places you can hoof it in up there, but all are long hauls, and at high flows, you're lucky to be able to fish two holes at any one place. When the payoff is watching sleds side drift through that water you worked so hard to reach, forgive me, but it doesn't feel fair.
In my view, allowing only a few, select people to pay for a significant advantage in what is supposed to be an equal public access opportunity moves past Capitalism, straight into Elitism. Call me out as a Socialist if you like. It doesn't offend me. Heck, if it weren't for the annoying obsession with political correctness that dominates their platform these days, I'd probably call myself a Socialist.
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