A good source has told me that Cindy LeFleur, WDFW Columbia River Manager, will recommend a 50/50 Columbia River Spring Chinook sport/commercial allocation.

Of course any commercial fishery of spring chinook is entirely stupid and makes absolutely no economic sense, but I'm not surpised. I hope that means 50% of the ESA allowed take, which they will probably overexceed in just a few days, and I really hope that WDFW pays attention so the nets are pulled in time this year and we are not left with a shortened season like last year - BTW WDFW - why aren't you giving us any of that back . I also hope ODFW does not cave in on this and holds the commercials down to a smaller allocation.

BTW welcome Mary, we do shoot messengers here but we are generally fishermen, not hunters, and are lousy shots, so you will probably survive :p

Cindy LeFleur

Isn't she the local "bride of the gillenetters"

She's never been on the sport fisher's side, so it's hard to believe that she would ever recommend much of anything for the sport fisher. Who knows, maybe she was one of those people who got there free education paid for by the either the gill netters or those free NMFS grants that NMFS gives out to the commercial fishing industry. Maybe that's one reason why NMFS keeps letting the gill netters take all of those listed fish in their by-catch.

Pay backs and can really be great sometimes! ……if your on the right side

Cowlitzfisherman

Welcome Mary :p

I'd bet my last dollar that you couldn't hang on to her hand for more than a second. Her palms are greased.

Maybe we should stoop to their level and try and bribe the big vote swinger. We could do a few fund raisers. How much do you think it would take?