cfm,

is it possible for you to make your points without being so long-winded. i want to read what you have to say, but if you exercised some brevity and got straight to the point (independent of the topic), your 'points' would get across to a lot more interested readers. maybe i am in the minority here, but i do not have 5 minutes to read each post you make, wish i did.

just my .02 - no offense, i just want to get at what you are trying to say, a little more easily.

nutn

The north fork stilly has the same rule above Cisero and I think most people are fine with it. The river is just too small. If it were open to it, I think there would be a race to see who could pull their plugs through the good holes first. I've floated it several times on my "platoon boat" and never felt that I was at a disadvantage stopping to bank fish.
The north fork also has a motor restriction. You wanna whine about that too?

fair enuf. i find your posts (and of course salmo's) interesting, but i also have 25,000 items in my inbox from the past two years (work-related primarily). i prefer to read about fishing and related issues on the bb, just think some of us would benefit from some straight to the point chat, where possible. unfortunately with the massive amount of reading that i do, i cannot spend as much time as i like hearing (reading) what you and others have to say about what i care about most, that is, fishing....

A couple of coastal rivers with theose regs ... the lower Elwah and the Hoh in the Park.

No homes there in the park so??????????

Just a couple more for ya

Use to fish the Willapa lot's.........the rule has been in effect since before I started fishing it, and that was 1969.........can remember walking lot's of miles of the river and never saw many others. Haven't fished it in 12-15 yrs. but remember some fine fishing in the lower parts of the river. Seems to me that "bobber and jig"....would be a great way to fish that river...

"Worse day sport fishing, still better than the best day working"

The boat ban is one of the reasons I enjoy fishing the Willipa. You can put the time in, hike to a hole and not worry about boats drifting through or getting beat to a slot. Not saying that sleds or DB's are bad, but its a nice change from other rivers in the area.

I agree with IHOOKEM. You'd do well to be carefull what you wish for..... I'd personally be just fine with similar boating restrictions being placed on even more of our rivers. If you want to float from hole to hole, then fine, I do it all the time on smaller rivers and streams, but the "no fishing from the boat" rule serves to put a damper on the conflict between bankies and boat fishermen.... Also, it serves to cut down on added pressure to some of these smaller rivers. Hell, the only reason some of these smaller rivers are worth a damn, is because they have float restrctions, no put ins or take outs, and very, very, limited public access. If you took one of these small rivers, I don't know, we can use the Willapa, since that's what this thread is about...... The Willapa river doesn't even get 250 Steelhead back to the Hatchery in an average year, so you take this small river and you make all of it and make it accessable to the public, opening up all the private lands and taking away any float restrictions. What do you think that's going to do to this or any small river? Take a look at any public access area on any river in this state...... They're Sh!t holes! Trash everywhere! Hell, keep these smaller rivers off limits to as many people as we can, that's what I say! I'll put my time in, get to know the land owners so that I can fish their lands, the who tell me "No" will just have to deal with me using the loopholes in the property laws to access their lands. I probably wouldn't feel quite this way if I hadn't seen first hand what happens when the general public catches on to a small river and how people will absolutely Sh!t all over the resource, keeping Native Fish, littering, cutting fences, etc. I;m sorry Cowfish, but I gotta disagree with you on this one...... Not every river in this state needs to be turned into another Cowlitz.