Avoiding bad Salmon river fishing practices

[beaser]

All due respect but the jerks and scofflaws of the world don't care what they do and who or what they hurt. You can obsess all you want but they will still litter, cut you off, steal, cheat, not pay taxes and have absolutely no conscience about how they may compromise the enviroment. It took me abot 65 of my 67 years to accept that.

I'd also have to say the odds of me snagging anything deliberately are between slim and none and if it does happen it's not going to be productive to dwell on it. I started fishing (after 40 years) about 3 or 4 weeks ago and I was eager to get some action but on reflection, it appears that fishing for any spawning species is a total waste of time and quite frankly not in the spirit of good sportsmanship. Correct me if i'm wrong and I can be wrong.

It sounds as though we are all pretty much people of conscience and if it doesn't feel right then it isn't.

I really didn't want to waste my time at the town docks fishing for crappie, I wanted something exciting and I still do.