SB 5104 is dead, dead, dead.
As for "mostly clubs from Seattle and Tacoma", that's just plain crap. I fish that fishery, and I'm not in a club, nor am I coming from Seattle or Tacoma. Lots of my friends fish that fishery, and they aren't in any Seattle or Tacoma clubs, either.
Sounds like a bunch of "MY river" crap because he lives there. Whatever.
I'm sure he was a nice guy, there's certainly no requirement that guys with screwy ideas are jerks, that's for sure. He may not even know what's going on. If he listens to Harriet Spanel and believes what she says, he probably thinks the river flows up into the mountains and that little green leprechauns, funded by Seattle and Tacoma clubs, are making Wildcat Steelhead Bonkers voodoo dolls because the Seattle and Tacoma people are jealous that the Bonkers catch so many fish. LOL.
Anyway, no "river isolationism" bills are going to make it into law, at least not this year. I hope that a few of the Bonkers received some education over the last few months about C&R, money, and river ownership. It may have just made them more attached to their screwy plans. Who knows?
The two questions I would ask the next Bonker I see are as follows:
1. How many natives did you and your friends kill this year in January and February, and how did that help the Skagit and Sauk native runs?
2. How many natives did you and your friends kill during the "derbies" that the Bonkers run, especially during the closed season?
I've heard reliable reports of natives being bonked during the C&R season so that they can determine who wins the case of Schmiddy at the end of the day. Anyone else with info. on that topic? Any Bonkers care to comment? I'm also wondering if they got a permit for their "derby". The law requires that any fishing contest involving more than six people must get a permit. This is so the Department of Fish and Wildlife can determine if the derby is a good idea, and can have a heads up on providing enforcement.
Fish on...
Todd.
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