http://theolympian.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060217/OUTDOORS0201/60217031...

Heres a question to ask people about copmmercial fishing. How does the old women who can't catch her own salmon get it. Through the store right. How does the store get this fish. I'm sorry but salmon sports anglers can be extremely gready at times. The truth is that gillnetters actually kill less salmon steelhead than sports anglers do. You should see how these people treat the fish they supposedly love. They kill them. Especially the wild salmon. I see tons end up belly up in the buoy 10 fishery. Charter boats kill thousands a year. A boat may catch it's quota for the day but how many wilds didi it catch and kill. Chris I'm wondering if theirs ever been any research done on the number of wild salmon killed by charter boats and sports anglers. Gill Netters have a livewell type system that revives the salmon that they must use on certain openers. This tank will bring a fish thought impossible back to life. maybe it dies later but also haven't seen any research done on it either.

Just my .02 cents
You can always point fingers but the finger usually comes back to you.

I plan on sending him a few good words myself,
Russ

i'll bet the northern pike minnow is more than 4% of a columbia smally's diet, and they probly eat more of those than the bounty kills.    ???

I Deliver the Olympian and I was PISSED when i saw this article, he did an article on me before and i could tell this guy is a moron, never like his articles, they are always about his fishing excursions. This article truly pissed me off and i sent an email to him also, what an Ahole, heck i think global warming is killing more salmon than our beloved smallies.