Two weeks ago I was fishing the Walla Walla outside of Milton Freewater Oregon. I left
my car parked at the parking area, it is also a trail head for ORV's, and fished for a
few hours. When I returned to my car I found my window smashed and my bag of fishing
gear gone. I had just bought a new spool and sinking line for my Orvis Battenkill reel
two days earlier. I never had a chance to fish that line. Nothing ruins a fishing trip
like that, no matter how will the fishing might be.
Spencer
-----Original Message-----
From: Kent Lufkin [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 11:28 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Weird fishing incidents
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
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