I've been hearing an increasing number of disturbing stories from
other fisher folk and list members about weird situations with other
people they encountered while fishing. Incidents include everything
from car break-ins and vandalism to physical threats or intimidation.
Many of the incidents occurred while fishing in the Snoqualmie River
drainage. Apparently the area developed such a reputation for
gun-toting, survivalist types and hippie campers/squatters that
Weyerhaeuser was forced to gate the access roads into their huge tree
farm to minimize damage to logging equipment.
But the Snoqualmie doesn't have a monopoly on weirdness by any
stretch - lakes Lenice and Rattlesnake and the Green and Skykomish
rivers were also mentioned.
I'd be interested in hearing about the experiences of other list
members with confrontations/encounters with such folk, areas to
avoid, if some areas have been �cleaned up� through enforcement, and
prudent prevention/avoidance tactics, (and no Angela jokes, please!)
Kent Lufkin
