Fisherman apathy is a re-occuring theme. It's one thing to take the energy to write or go to a meeting(which obviously seems to be asking to much of us lazy-asses) to protest unfair allocations but it's another to be able to protest while fishing.

RT, have you or anyone else considered a multi-state "fish-in" as a protest instead of a rally?

Think about it.

1) Some will immediately say it's illegal but is it? They have one interpretation of seasons and allocations......we have another.

2)We're talking 300,000 primarily hatchery springers. A massive fish-in over 1-3 days won't make a huge dent in the season's run; much less the wild fish.

3) It will give drooling, normally apathetic fishermen a reason to fish and protest at the same time.

4) Enforcement? Who's going to write tickets to thousands of WA-OR-IA boats at once?

5) You think the media will ignore this? Yeah..right!

How's the saying go?

"desperate times call for desperate measures"