WARNING: DO NOT READ BELOW IF YOU ALREADY HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

After seeing this tribal member selling Coho, I went home and read the Sport fishing regulations July 1, 2016 to June 30,2017 edition, to see if the Tulalip bubble was going to be open for sport angler Coho retention like tribal retention between 9/ 11 to 10/29. I also read the LOAF and saw a contradiction.

What I saw was Sept 10-Sept 25 Sat. and Sunday only for sport anglers which looked like one month less fishing time available compared to our counterpart the tribes being able to harvest hatchery Coho. But no, the LOAF takes precedence, according to WDFW staff today over the phone and he said that contradiction was caught and put on their website awhile back. Not only do we sport anglers get less than a month direct fishery for Coho like the tribal members, but sport anglers get no direct fishery for/or Coho retention fishery in the Tulalip Bubble. This being while the tribes have a direct hatchery Coho fishery that doesn’t specify that they can’t take wild Coho along with the hatchery Coho in that direct fishery.

Now isn't that special!