the take out is down from DFW. Left side.. You can not miss it is the sleds are out of the way.

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rip some lips

I have heard of one sled owner having his tires slashed, at the launch above white bridge.
There is sure a lot of animosity over this issue. I have fished out of sleds in the past, and enjoy it. But, I feel the smaller rivers should have some sort of ban. Before it turns into a circus. This is not a sleder VS. Drift boater, issue. It is a logistics issue. Some rivers and some sections of rivers are too small. I have owned a sled in the past, but I didn't feel I had the "right" to run it anywhere I wanted.

I can make it easy, how about letting only those people that live in Grays Harbor, fish Grays Harbor rivers. At least when they are done fishing for the day they haul out their garbage,ever wonder why there is limited bank access ?

local, a man after my own heart. it is about time someone spoke up about our rivers here on the harbor. on this issue, i personally don't have a problem with sleds above black creek. i see the majority of the people that do are from out of town. if you don't like it, stay home!

Right on guys. All you Excursion driving, Eddie Bauer wearing, latte drinking, cell phone yakking, big city living, outdoor wannabes need to stay in your own neck of the woods. We'll be checking IDs at the county line.

I've seen all them couches, chairs,washing machines,tvs, driers,dirty diapers etc,etc,etc dumped in the woods around there maybe the locals should set an example first.

Oh nevermind,...........,this post was about Sleds ,but looking at all the Garbage along the Nooch ,I sure it all came from Thurston and Pierce counties.. Oh thats where I left my ole recliner


I always take out more trash then I brought in

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Row Quietly and fish a Cataraft
Release all Wild Fish----<'))>>{

Being the owner of a sled my self and a bankie too I see the best of both worlds and I realize the importance of quiet and solitude on the smaller rivers. although I would never put in the satsop at all or below black creek on the nooch(I believe these are drift boat bankie rivers)If someone wants to run below black creek I believe they do so at their own risk even though the bankies don't usually say anything I can hear the teeth grinding away as the morning silence is broken by the roar of the pump.
On the Cowlitz Chehalis and larger rivers I expect this and love running the river and its sometimes the best way to catch fish. I remember a few years ago a person who lives on the Cowlitz tried to start an initiative to ban sleds on that river.
Seems this is the guy (some of you might have seen this)between mission and toledo who leaves a rod out and goes in the house sleds didn't see his line as no-one was around and kept running over it DUH!!
Anyway common sense is the best rule use it guys
RAMPRAT

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I dont believe any enforced restriction about who can go where is a good thing. All it does is further empower law enforcement agencies, and puts some agencies where they probably shouldnt be, or stretches game enforcement resources already thinner than they already are. I do believe that people should exercise good sense about where they run and how they go about it. Smaller & low flow streams just cant take the wakes and turbulence sleds create when they run, damaging redds and injuring smolt. Furthermore when a sled runs up a smaller river they'll spook the fish into a sulk mode, and nobody gets a hit.
Then there's the safety of it all. Sunday on the Wynoochee a sled ran through a drift at nearly top speed. He almost washed a banker off the bank, the only reason his wake didnt damage our boat was that we held it off the beach, and he nearly ran himself onto the beach in the process. The hard part of the incident was that he had a small kid aboard, and I viewed his reckless behavior as child endangerment.
Later at Black Creek launch, he cut into the waiting line to haul out and took forever. I hope he doesnt come back. Lots of other boaters echoed the same sentiment.
There was another sledder, however who was the exact opposite. Conscientious and courteous, didnt slam anyone, I hope he caught fish.

Head Hunter, he couldn't have been much worse than that great big white thor built guide boat. Someone needed to "talk" to him. I'm coming through the wilkie hole with my electric motor facing downstream right next to shore so not to mess it up for the 5 bank fisherman and drift boat that where there. Here comes that huge white thing, stops in the middle of the tailout, then heads right up the middle of the hole and ruins it for everyone there. Its boats like that that ruin it for all of us.

Hey Fish head, Those guides in the sleds are there for one reason, MONEY!!! They could care less if they screw up a fishing hole for a bankie or another driftboat. Some times if your lucky they will acknowledge your presence by glaring at you as they go by If I was a client on their boat I would certainly be embarrassed. There are some very good local guides that float the rivers and understand river etiquette, Their clients learn that the river can be shared by all.

Local, that was a good one about only letting people that live near a river fish there. LMAO! I wouldn't laugh so hard if I didn't honestly think you were just joking about that idea.