Nice post. Still can't help getting pissed about this net thing. Those treatys were made a long time ago before change occured. The point being this,, That was then, this is now.. Have you ever seen what they thought the inside of the human body looked like??? I hope to god nobody ever cuts me open with one of those old diagrams in his hand !!! It was an absolute fact that the earth was indeed FLAT !!! but guess what?? time when by and that fact was proved wrong. We can not manage fish with 19th century values.. If you think we can or should then the tribes should be quite willing to give up everything for some beads and a piece of red ribbon. This is the USA. Indians are a part of and benifit from that. The mis-use of fish should be criminal for them just like anyone else. I read and understand what you said. But I suppose that because this issue sort of upsets me then you will file me into the 80 % of people who you say give fishermen a bad name. Indians are only part of the problem. Damns, logging and over harvest out at sea also piss me off. I am active in ISSU and trout unlimited so its not like I just sit back and bitch. The people who made the dcisions a long time ago did not have any way of knowing how things would be today. Treatys are something that need work. Thats my opinion.