Around supper time tonight I decided to go out and get a coffee and scope out the cable pool and just relax to listen to the river.Thr river was in good condition and I saw three guys on the cliffs fishing.One was fly fishing and two others were gear fishing. Now at this point this is a nice relaxing coffee. Until I see one of the gear guys who are fishing below the fly guy throw there gear upriver right in front of where this guy is throwing his fly and doesn't say anything. So now I'm thinking that I would be pissed if that was me cause he kept on doing this without a care in the world. So now I notice that this guy and his girl are drinking beer out in the open public.A nice impression for tourist who are all over the place.At this point I'm quite discusted and what I am witnessing.But I keep minding my own, watching for finning cohos or if I'm lucky a giant spring that I've been hearing about.When all of a sudden I hear some tourists who are beside start oohing and awing and saying" I hope we see you catch another big one like that one you got there." So I gotta see this one and as I get a first glimpse at this fish which is dead and realize that they have bonked and killed a summer run steelie but the lady insists it's a coho so I keep minding my own.
So at this point the more I think about it the more upset I'm getting.More and more disgusted and the sight of this fella and his girl who now are starting to look like they've had too much to drink. So the guy comes over from the cliff to talk to his lady and they are whispering something and I'm sure they are not sweet nothings cause the guy goes for his bag and grabs his knife and a plastic bag.He obviously knows about my conversation with his lady regarding this steelie and plans on cleaning it and putting it out of sight. So as he moves towards me I could not just sit by and let him go without having a few words with him about his kill.He adimitly claims it's a coho and the more I look at it I'm sure of my claim.I said," look at how long that thing is,the distictive lateral lines and the spotting and most of all that big square tail.Coho's don't have that they have more of a forked tail" If a coho was that long it'd be a 12 lb'er for sure
So as you can probably guess he starts to mouth back abd our voices get louder and louder and he claims that he doesn't care and go ahead and call someone.So now the other gear guy ,who is obviuosly not with them, comes over to take a look to see what all the yelling is about and he looks at the guy and says to him "Yup ! That's a steelhead"
So now I'm just pissed at him and give him the endangered species speech in a rather loud voice and your boozing in a public place looking like an idiot and he says "So go ahead call someone,I'll still be here waiting"
Crap! I don't have my cell so I march up to the hatchery to see if anyone there can help but it's closed.There is one guy there ,however ,who invites in to report it.So I call the hotline and give them a report and head back out to see this guy again so on the way back I stop at my truck to get my camera to get the evidence of him and when I get there he's gone.
God some people are just messed up!
I'm so choked but did what I can.
Hotrod
So at this point the more I think about it the more upset I'm getting.More and more disgusted and the sight of this fella and his girl who now are starting to look like they've had too much to drink. So the guy comes over from the cliff to talk to his lady and they are whispering something and I'm sure they are not sweet nothings cause the guy goes for his bag and grabs his knife and a plastic bag.He obviously knows about my conversation with his lady regarding this steelie and plans on cleaning it and putting it out of sight. So as he moves towards me I could not just sit by and let him go without having a few words with him about his kill.He adimitly claims it's a coho and the more I look at it I'm sure of my claim.I said," look at how long that thing is,the distictive lateral lines and the spotting and most of all that big square tail.Coho's don't have that they have more of a forked tail" If a coho was that long it'd be a 12 lb'er for sure
So as you can probably guess he starts to mouth back abd our voices get louder and louder and he claims that he doesn't care and go ahead and call someone.So now the other gear guy ,who is obviuosly not with them, comes over to take a look to see what all the yelling is about and he looks at the guy and says to him "Yup ! That's a steelhead"
So now I'm just pissed at him and give him the endangered species speech in a rather loud voice and your boozing in a public place looking like an idiot and he says "So go ahead call someone,I'll still be here waiting"
Crap! I don't have my cell so I march up to the hatchery to see if anyone there can help but it's closed.There is one guy there ,however ,who invites in to report it.So I call the hotline and give them a report and head back out to see this guy again so on the way back I stop at my truck to get my camera to get the evidence of him and when I get there he's gone.
God some people are just messed up!
I'm so choked but did what I can.
Hotrod
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