I'm with Todd. I expect if the big cheeses at CCA are reading this they must be pissed. I'm pretty sure you CCA members were supposed to vow an oath not to engage in internet blather like this. I know some of the top people know how to raise money and keep people excited to keep paying their dues and running banquets but this insane soap boxing is about as far from an incentive to join and pay money as anything I have ever seen.

I tend to not believe this theory as I have fished in Hood Canal amongst the seiners and find them less disruptive/effective than a gill net... A gill net streched across a river is a gauntlet that permanently block access up or down stream. All the netter needs to do is run up and down the net pull the fish out. The seiners need to circle the fish then close up the net. While they are closing the net the rest of the river is opening up for fish to pass thru and around. Fish are also able to see a seign more readily than the gill net and possibly avoid it. They also bounce off them if they hit them...

Given the size of the lower columbia and the relatively small amount of water that the nets can actually work I think you will find that alot more fish will actually get through.

also, If this were such a great deal for the commercial boats dont you think that they would also be rushing out to sign the petition?

looks to me like they purse seined alot of fish ??

http://wdfw.wa.gov/fish/regs/commregs/ps_salmon_landings/species_geartype_nov20_09.pdf

LeadBounder, you need to either lay off the meds, or start taking better ones...your last several posts are almost completely indecipherable.

Fish on...

Todd

Boater,

They purse seined a lot of chums and pinks, not so many chinook and coho compared to the gillnets. The LCR pink and chum fishery isn't much to fret over. Fortunately, or unfortunately, as the case may be.

Of course, the important aspect Piper missed is that LCR seiners could be allocated many more fishing days if they had unused ESA impacts and significantly increase their harvest numbers.

Details, details . . .

Sg

I wouldn't say that's a detail...I'd say that's the entire point.

Fish on...

Todd

Who's spitting in who's face?? Let's not forget what CCA is going to do to the Columbia...

Keith

KK,

Fortunately, I think, the people running CCA are not the people who are posting here.

Sg

I agree this post ROCKS!

Let us not forget the sideline pontificate-rs, proselytizing and trying to convert all of us slope headed heathens they are the only ones that know the way to our salvation. That we should forever be grateful that they have stopped by to enlighten such a bunch of dullards.Risking not anything of themselves,save for some cyber type and time away from ruling other worlds.

How nice it must be to be you.


Fishy

Aunty you hit the nail on the head here!


Fishy

i thought the members and the members veiw`s and desires are what makes the cca ?, do the members of the cca vote on anything that the cca does or have input into cca policy ? , if they do wouldnt that mean that your veiw is the same as the cca`s ? , maybe leadbouncer should answer this

I'm getting a headache reading this. CCA started out telling people who were either joining or thinking of joining NOT to air the company laundry on the internet...this bunch of craziness is the best example I can think of proving them right. Join the group and work your tail off for your causes, raise money and try your best to make a difference. Let the CCA machine issue the press releases.

Any of you that were at the first meeting at Three Rivers Marine in Woodinville when Gary Loomis spoke and the name SnoKing was chosen and the first officers were elected should remember the guy who came with Gary who said very clearly that the chapter's reason for existing was to raise money by recruiting more members and agreeing to hold atleast one banquet a year to raise more money. That was it. Policy etc...would come from headquarters. That was clearly stated. So was the idea of not getting on the internet with CCA business. I guess that didn't work out so well. Check your bylaws.

Boater, its no wonder you dont make any sense. All that jet engine noise overhead, would make anyone insane. You keep writing the same thing over and over, expecting a different response.

Don't be spreading those conspiracies again, KK...what are you? A gillnet hugger?

Fish on...

Todd

Careful there KK, the gasbag claims to never be wrong.

I'd suggest having a banquet, often, these gillnet huggers have very deep pockets.

Bummer, and to think Lead Bouncer almost had me closed on joining....

Keith

The reason they seined more of the other types of salmon is because they tend to travel in tighter schools and not as spread out... even with the seine fleet in everyday more fish will be getting thru than currently with the gillnets... While upriver fishing may not be better it will at least be more consistant because you wont have the gillnets taking the entire run that is passing thru at the time...

KK said the magic word "partnered" and probably did a quick delete since WSC is partnered with SOS. A sportsman group in a coalition with diverse 56 organizations that include trollers, per seiners and gillnets