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Wait a minute - If there was a 'nuisance' number or Coho in the systems last year...........wouldn't it make sense to increase the harvest rate?
If ODFW put our funds from license sales into habitat enhancement, fish returns, and protecting sportsmen we would have waaayyy better runs. I think putting 0.86 of every dollar into enforcement is bunch of horse s***.
1.6 million Coho in the Columbia + 600,000 Chinook = Filled harvest cards!!! (And Smoked Salmon for Christmas Presents!!)
Don't get me wrong, I'm absolutely peeved about the coast runs!!!
If ODFW put our funds from license sales into habitat enhancement, fish returns, and protecting sportsmen we would have waaayyy better runs. I think putting 0.86 of every dollar into enforcement is bunch of horse s***
I think we need to enact some kind of voter legislation through petition that would force ODFW to list all Salmon speicies as sport fish only (just like steelhead), that no less than 75% of ALL (commercial and sport) license sales be put into habitat and run enhancement to ensure sustained runs, ban gill nets in oregon permanently, and work with other state and federal agencies to reduce commercial harvest in compact states, ban the commercial fishing of salmon and steelhead to foriegn countries and municipalities (exception of canada..they put fish into the system too.)
What kind of bull sh*t is this, that salmon fishing ends April 22 on columbia river the salmon just started runing and I havent goten a chance at catching one. Thanks to ODFW bunch of Bi*tches
Kulongowski is a gay A** f** that sucks on Di** all night then tells us we can't catch any more salmon on the columbia. At least he could have done is let there be fishing on saturdays for chinook on columbia river. And Fu** gill nets.
We are all right there with you..you seem pretty upset. While fighting for what we love to do we have to remember these people are controlled by money and votes. I think part of the problem we all have is we are seriously disorganized as a group and let our individual intrests start a bickering war between all of us. I believe if united under one banner we could control with votes and legislation anything we want. Including gillnets, season lengths, and what hatchery stocks we will allow on what systems and what we expect as returns. Above all else we must never get so upset we drop an astrisc...makes the swear words harder to figure out!!!:lol:
While fighting for what we love to do we have to remember these people are controlled by money and votes.
There's gotta be someone out there that can help with this, I just wish I knew someone.I did some investigating into what it would cost to have abill written by an attorney..gathering ballot signatures,etc...about $80,000.00 is what they came up with...gotta be acheaper way..any attorneys on here want to donate some time/work help us broke people create a better fishery/economy?