Columbia Fishing guide tax

[rasbo]

well heck lets just ban everything.. :bash:Damn

[CLARKTAR]

you will not find any guide love from me, i think what we need is higher standards for the guides and limited entry per river/basin.  very few "local" guides any more, it's become a horde of locusts especially in the last 15 years.  kind of funny seeing guys with "425" numbers guiding on the cowlitz, humptulips, etc.

You should check the number of guide rigs on the OP with out of state license plates.

I would like to see the price for a guide license multiplied by 10 for out of state guides....

As far as in state. I see the purpose of guides. I do wish the license was more of a investment though. Lots of 25 year olds with a boat guiding for a few years then move on. They do add to the pressure, etc. If you want to guide, great, but it should be more of an investment similar to Montana.

The sporty vs. commercial debate is as old as dirt and should be avoided in my opinion.

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[fisheral87]

I guess we can simply disagree, I see most of the bitching as simple greed, because somebody wants more at someone elses expense. 

We agree on that bearpaw.

My father in law dealt with this same issue on the Kenai as a city council member, trying to manage the guiding. It's not an insignificant group. I don't know what the commercial fishing impact has been on that river but my understanding is that fishery is struggling as well.

Al

[konradcountry]

Many customers of guides don't own a boat and only get to do an occasional fishing trip. I'm willing to bet the guys complaining about fishing guides are taking way more fish than nearly any customers of the guides. 

I agree. It's not like those customers are going every other weekend.

I would bet that a lot of those customers got a 1 day license or didn't use their annual for much else. They are probably paying more per salmon in fees than anyone else.

This really sounds like first world problems. Some people in this country are working 7 days a week. If you own a boat that you regularly take into the Columbia then you have nothing to complain about.

[JimmyHoffa]

you will not find any guide love from me, i think what we need is higher standards for the guides and limited entry per river/basin.  very few "local" guides any more, it's become a horde of locusts especially in the last 15 years.  kind of funny seeing guys with "425" numbers guiding on the cowlitz, humptulips, etc.

You should check the number of guide rigs on the OP with out of state license plates.

I would like to see the price for a guide license multiplied by 10 for out of state guides....

As far as in state. I see the purpose of guides. I do wish the license was more of a investment though. Lots of 25 year olds with a boat guiding for a few years then move on. They do add to the pressure, etc. If you want to guide, great, but it should be more of an investment similar to Montana.

The sporty vs. commercial debate is as old as dirt and should be avoided in my opinion.

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Peninsula had about a half dozen things that all combined at the same time which is really making it a pain in the neck.  Lots of out of area (many from Alaska and Montana) guides that are in the area in the winter.  But used to be so many places that were 'local spots' for when the big rivers were getting crowded and you wouldn't see any guides--Lyre, Deep Creek, Salt Creek, Goodman, Cedar, Elwha, even Morse Creek and on and on.  Not really any fishing in those any more, now everyone's crammed in what's still open.