Bob and Beverly?Great story to share! There used to be a couple who'd camp at Heller's Bar, he spent most of his time wading the drift right below the Ronde using a mop to retrieve gear while she'd rope chrome.
Bob and Beverly?Great story to share! There used to be a couple who'd camp at Heller's Bar, he spent most of his time wading the drift right below the Ronde using a mop to retrieve gear while she'd rope chrome.
There was an unspoken rule with my hombres that if you saw Bev with a fish on, you stopped what you were doing and helped her land it. She was always very nice and appreciated the help. She reminded me of a heron the way she fished.Bob and Beverly?
I don't remember his name but the woman was "Wendy". She fished gear. And was really good at it.There was an unspoken rule with my hombres that if you saw Bev with a fish on, you stopped what you were doing and helped her land it. She was always very nice and appreciated the help. She reminded me of a heron the way she fished.
This reminded me of a very old memory. I was just 7 or 8 and we were visiting my uncle's place in SW Washington. He had a creek that ran through his property and it was full of salmon.
You can't look at the behaviors of the 20th century thru the lens of the 21st century.This reminded me of a very old memory. I was just 7 or 8 and we were visiting my uncle's place in SW Washington. He had a creek that ran through his property and it was full of salmon.
I thought it was amazing seeing all those fish.
As I got older I realized that there was a reason there were so many fish in the spot we saw them. My uncle had put in a barrier of some sort so the silvers couldn't keep going. He didn't kill/eat mass fish or sell them. He just liked seeing them. I think he also used several every year as fertilizer.
Not sure what he knew or thought about the laws back then (1970s). He probably thought it was his creek and he could do what he wanted. Hell, he was from Oklahoma. Total Grapes of Wrath type of family.
I always wonder how much of that type of thing goes on these days. Some private stewards are better than the state, but some (like my uncle) are far worse. Think about all the salmon and steelhead habitat on private land.
I agree. I don't really blame him too much, but for folks to do it now is not...cool.You can't look at the behaviors of the 20th century thru the lens of the 21st century.
You can't look at the behaviors of the 20th century thru the lens of the 21st century.
Years ago a friend of mine saw an eddy net all tangled on the bank with three rotten Steelhead in it. He pulled the net into the back of his truck and took it to the local sports shop, called fish and game and the local news paper. When everyone showed up the warden looked in the back of his truck and said "If you do that again I'll have to arrest you". Then he took the net and left. Don't touch the net, call the law.
Did the right thing to start with but you can call the nearest tribal office and report this and you can call a tribal office that is the next closest or neighboring tribe. Sometimes one tribe will bitch out another tribe for wasting or acting like S-heads. The Tulalip tribe have a pretty fair enforcement going and I have met a couple of enforcement guys through my family. And then there is the local news paper. Send them pictures tell them the location and who knows maybe they would post it and if they have a Facebook page post it there also. Does the WDFW still have a Derelict gear phone number for reporting ? Who cares if it’s not saltwater. Heck post it on the WDFW Facebook page with pictures. Post it on the local town’s facebook page.
Anyone have the RCW reference for that law?we cannot legally take photos of tribal fishing activities
This is not true. A photographer can shoot anything he or she wants when working from any area that is legally accessible by the public, i.e. roads, walkways, waterways, bridges, public lands, etc. This has been challenged repeatedly in US courts.As was said earlier in this thread, we cannot legally take photos of tribal fishing activities.
This is not true. A photographer can shoot anything he or she wants when working from any area that is legally accessible by the public, i.e. roads, walkways, waterways, bridges, public lands, etc. This has been challenged repeatedly in US courts.
I have no idea what the media will or will not touch. Seems they don’t fear much. I do know that I can take photographs or video from publicly accessible space of anything I want with the only exception being some active crime scenes.I’m not the expert I just know what I have been told. Either way I don’t think the media will touch this stuff.
Did the right thing to start with but you can call the nearest tribal office and report this and you can call a tribal office that is the next closest or neighboring tribe. Sometimes one tribe will bitch out another tribe for wasting or acting like S-heads. The Tulalip tribe have a pretty fair enforcement going and I have met a couple of enforcement guys through my family. And then there is the local news paper. Send them pictures tell them the location and who knows maybe they would post it and if they have a Facebook page post it there also. Does the WDFW still have a Derelict gear phone number for reporting ? Who cares if it’s not saltwater. Heck post it on the WDFW Facebook page with pictures. Post it on the local town’s facebook page.
Yea, as I recall it went on for quite awhile.Wasn't a Tulaip warden was busted for poaching crab?
Photography is absolutely legally protected and anyone who told you otherwise was lying for their own gain. Media in Canada was more than happy to cover the Sockeye wasting I mentioned earlier. I am sure plenty of US stations will pick up on it. I would argue it is naive to think that anyone truly believes the tribes do no wrongYou are naive or speaking from an era that no longer exists. The media and WDFW won’t touch this stuff from a low altitude orbit. As was said earlier in this thread, we cannot legally take photos of tribal fishing activities. Even if we could the discussion would be about history and racism and not about nets killing protected fish for no reason whatsoever.