Counting on the tribes to police themselves is a joke. But....there are plenty of locals that poach and cheat with the same feeling of entitlement that the tribes have.They feel they are local and therefore have a right to break the rules. I have seen severe rule breaking on both sides not to mention the news stories of local and tribal cheaters getting busted.

But no one gets away with more than the tribes. The tribes use the excuse that it's their customs that should be respected and allow them to do what they want. I've seen and read a lot of native history and gee for some reason I just can't seem to find any mention of gill nets, jet sleds, casinos, fireworks, cigarette and liquor sales in their history. The museum in Neah Bay didn't have any jet sleds, slot machines or anything else of that nature that would be considered a part of their customs. Maybe I'm just not reading the right material. Or, maybe the "custom" line is a total crock of sh!t! We now have closed salmon seasons but I heard that the Puyallups are netting spring Chinook. If that's true it's just one more example of hypocrisy. They should have no more rights to the fish than we do. Period! There is absolutely no good reason for them to get more than us. I have NEVER heard one thing that would qualify them to get more.

You have a fraction of the total population taking a disproportionate number of fish. Many of which end up being completely wasted. The tribes waste more fish than any other user group. The biggest irony of all is the fighting between the tribes. The race between one tribe to block the other from getting fishing rights or rights to build a casino. They can't even get along with each other. I'll say it again, hatred and greed. That's what the tribes are built on. That's not a politically correct statement. Why? Because it's the truth and as we all know political correctness isn't always the truth.