Man oh Man Guys....great ideas....have been up to my eyeballs the last couple of days...what fun to come back and see all these posts! May 8th is going to be one busy meeting...for those of you coming get prepared to work...for those of you who can't make it keep posting here with ideas and I will update here on the 9th. Will be gone to the Wind all next week so I will get a couple of looks before then and thats it for this go round.

I really appreciate all the input!

Jim

Hello: I live in washougal,wa. and I work shift work, so it will be hard if not impossible to make your meetings but when the time comes for donations and membership dues,you have my mailing address I sent it, I believe when I read your intro. on the net.If you don't have it let me know and I will get it to you.I would like to help in anyway I can to get this org. started.


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Bob Dawson

I feel that Humpie is on the right track with his approach. We have been fighting the tribes and the commercial netters for years and have very little to show for it. We all agree that WDFW is pretty much incapable of doing what they are paid to do. Keep in mind however, that the reason for WDFW failure is not a result of the field staff but rather the Olympia suits, the guys and gals in the field really do care about our fish and how to protect them.

Having worked with the Quileute tribe's Natural Resource Department for two years I can attest to the fact that they really do want to see increased numbers of fish and improved habitat on their rivers. They have the backing of the Federal Government $$ and they are willing to spend the money, time and effort required to improve our rivers. Their motivation might be different than ours but their goal is the same...More fish in the rivers. Imagine what a force the sportfishermen and the tribes would be if they combined their efforts and cooperated with each other. Food for Thought...

having read all of the good idea's i think we do need to try to invole the native american's in what ever we as an association set our goals towards.
this may be difficult with some of the local's native am.'s as they view us as the enemy. it will need to be a large solid support of all the people we can get together
to show we want the same.

MORE FISH!

i see that we will need to find out whom and where we need to contact in each of the local n.a's to solictit their input.

i suggest we, and i will call, amd make afriend whom works for the puyallup nation as a customer and try to find out more.

thanks
elmtree

Howdy,
I had to post again to agree Slipperyfoot. Many of the individual's working WFD are a great asset to the cause. But not to beat a dead horse, I think enforcement is a major letdown. When I fish Bush Pt. for Humpie's and Coho, the beach fills with blatent poachers. A phone call produce's no response, so I'm the jerk who has to apply some peer pressure. Talk about an opportunity to generate revenue, a whole line of lawbreaker's waiting to pay a ticket. Anyway, the 2 week season this year after prime time, is what results. It's a lot easier to enforce when its flat out closed. The message has to be sent that in this day and age, the "Good ol boy" attitude won't be tolerated. Keep the faith friend's.

Jim, Wild steelhead release, state wide. Thats it. WILD STEELHEAD RELEASE ! State wide and mandatory. thanks.

Slippery Foot,
Right on!
Yes the future is in the combined strength of the Native Americans, Commercials and the sportsmen. As you said The problem is not the lower ranks of F&G but admin policy dictaded by outside powers.
With unity there is strength and though we differ on why we want wild fish in the river all three groups want the fish to return. If we can help each other out Native Americans, Commercials and sportsmen then we can go on to changing bad policies that are the main reason are fish are dying off.
It is good to see that many of us are over the 696 defeat and realize that what we once thought were enemy can be and should be our partners in saving wild fish.