Okay, I guess it's my turn to chime in. While floating the Kettle River
last week (don't get any ideas - it's still a bit high) as we came into
Curlew we came upon a couple of local youngsters who were ecstatic about
catching a good sized rainbow. Knowing the locales well we asked what they
were using and they said, "worms." We explained that they couldn't fish
with worms in the Kettle River and they replied sheepishly that they aware
of that fact. When I asked why they were fishing with worms in violation of
the rules one boy said, "because we ran out of power bait." My partner and
I laughed. Unfortunately, out here in the back woods there is very little
enforcement of any fishing regulations. We normally see several people on
the river and rarely are they fishing legally. In our area, if you intend
to confront people in situations like this you had better be well armed.
Keith Bell
Republic
