NW Sportsman has an article out now about this disaster.
So “Navigable Waters “. State & Federal law. Of course in this state judges will knuckle under and give to the tribes. WA state DNR screwed up the whole deal to begin with.

DNR or WDFW???

9/30/2026

Went to Aberdeen just to watch NT lay nets out. 2 NT boats above 101 bridge, 1 below, that I could see. Have no idea how many were in the 28th Street area.

What amazed me was the amount of sport boat AND guide boats around the 101 bridge and then the amount of bankies casting from shore.

I'm not sure how many licensed NT are still doing???? Think there are some that don't fish, just keep license for a "tax write off"

WDFW should just shut the Chehalis NT off, set time limit to sell Chehalis license, let them ply their trade in Willapa, not much Bay sport fishing going on, if any.

Watched 2 Gill net passes, only saw 1 fish come in.....no seals or lions were in river, while I was there.

Used to be that in order to keep your commercial GN license you had to make at least one landing each year. You can't totally sit on it. Should be bought back like previous buybacks.

If QIN gets rights to Willapa there will be no need for NI down there. Might even take out the Columbia GNs along with it.

If the NI side wants to continue commercial salmon fishing they should join together in a few traps. Great release survival, more selective than any other fishery, too.

Well back I see oh what the hell. Anyhow I am trying to get the NT catch numbers from Region 6 but Lyle is gone so I will try another way to see if they can get the numbers up.

10/05/2026

Watched QIN yesterday, about a half hour.....3 fish in net right above the bridge, South side. No gill net boats above the 101 bridge but could see 2 netter boats below the bridge.

No seals or sea lions, in the time I was there.

https://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/commercial/gillnet#grays-harbor

NT harvest numbers are posted up. Modeled was 1255 Coho and 7 Chinook and a few Chum. They got 16 Chinook 548 Coho and 51 Chum.

So again the early Coho movement benefitted Rec fishers as fishing was good. The fact we had to release Coho adults early under the BS thinking to protect Chinook is just that BS.

Now the tribe is in and backed bt the NT it is going to be wall to wall nets so things are going to be tight fishing. With the front part of the run up the numbers of fish moving upstream will be down even before tribal and NT netting 4 and 5 days a week.

Going to be a long Oct. inriver........ bay looks much better!

Little Edit: Watched a tribal drifter lay two full U drifts from below Lakeside to the 101 Bridge. Zero fish caught and about says it all!