This is exactly how I imagine the FN have felt about us for the last few centuries.  We came in and destroyed whole runs with our pollution and our dams.

OMG, get over it. Its in the past. I had nothing to do with what "white people" did to FN, neither did may parents or grand parents, 150 years of  my family tree did nothing.  What happened is of course extremely wrong but you can't expect the gov't to continue to give handouts to the future generations of FN.  The ones it has affected sure. But that should be the end of it. On the news a couple nights ago was a pow wow at a FN residential school that was being demolished and there were many FN in attendance,, Why???  If I was raped and beaten at a school when I was young that would be the last place I would want to visit, no matter what was happening to the building.  Its all for show and media attention.  Oh no we were wronged we need more money.  Would not be surprised if there are tolls put on highways because FN at one point had a celebration at that spot. 
Went for a hike on the Chehalis river yesterday and there was a person in a vehicle sitting there all day just accross the bridge refusing entry to the canyon section.  Wonder who paid for that vehicle and who pays the person inside.  What a joke.  But lets just keep bending over.

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This is exactly how I imagine the FN have felt about us for the last few centuries.  We came in and destroyed whole runs with our pollution and our dams.  For those of us that are white, we left Europe in very bad shape, with only a few fish left. I was just reading about how some of the first settlers used dynamite to kill herring in Burrard Inlet ffs.  I'm sure it made the FN very angry to see us mistreat the fish. 

It's easy to get angry about overcrowding and unsportsmanlike fishing, but as Superbobby said, life is too short.   With education and patience we can teach the newbies what it took us generations to learn:  that the fish are precious and deserve our respect.

While I can't fish with extreme crowds, that like saying close Coquihalla because of the excess speeding that is happening. I really don't think it is about education, I would like to see enforcement everyday on the rivers, 1000 dollar fine and all fishing gear confiscated, fines would more than pay their salary . No second chances.  Assuming most people get their licenses online.  Have a couple of statements at the bottom before you can hit the purchase button that you must respond to.  I will not snag fish, keep more fish than my limit, I will keep fish in the water as much as possible, and what ever other statement they want to add.  Only then the purchase bottom is activated.  Problem solved.  No excuses for stupidity.  Education is too slow and people don't care.  Would love the here a person go home and explain to their other half that they got a 1000 dollar fine and all fishing gear taken away.  Fixed in one season..

Well said, although the text I bolded 'should' be enough.

I’m curious what you think the real underlying issue is, SB?

Do I really need to spell it out for you?

He says it makes him angry when he 'drives by'. I'm not sure how good his eyesight is or how bad mine is, but there is no way I can tell from 'driving by' the Canal that people are snagging. Although it's probably a 'correct' assumption....it's still an assumption. 'Driving by', is NOT going to confirm whether someone down there is snagging or not.

As for the 'underlying issue', life is WAY TOO SHORT to get 'angry' over what 'might' be taking place on the Chilliwack/Vedder. For him it shows a 'lack of self control' as well as a desire to 'be in control' of an impossible situation. He can't control the snagging or whatever else is going on down there... so it makes him angry. Not sure about you, but there is no way, I'm going to let a crowded river make me angry or ruin my day as I drive by. It is what it is.

And of course the follow up of what the real underlying issue is.

I’m curious what you think the real underlying issue is, SB?

While I can't fish with extreme crowds, that like saying close Coquihalla because of the excess speeding that is happening. I really don't think it is about education, I would like to see enforcement everyday on the rivers, 1000 dollar fine and all fishing gear confiscated, fines would more than pay their salary . No second chances.  Assuming most people get their licenses online.  Have a couple of statements at the bottom before you can hit the purchase button that you must respond to.  I will not snag fish, keep more fish than my limit, I will keep fish in the water as much as possible, and what ever other statement they want to add.  Only then the purchase bottom is activated.  Problem solved.  No excuses for stupidity.  Education is too slow and people don't care.  Would love the here a person go home and explain to their other half that they got a 1000 dollar fine and all fishing gear taken away.  Fixed in one season..

those are very good suggestions.

In the GVRD if you have an indoor wood burning appliance or fireplace you now have to agree to a best practices agreement to use it. Not much different and little or now "education" required. Easy peasy.

Still maintain that they should close the Canal to fishing altogether, whats happening there now is not considered fishing .

While I can't fish with extreme crowds, that like saying close Coquihalla because of the excess speeding that is happening. I really don't think it is about education, I would like to see enforcement everyday on the rivers, 1000 dollar fine and all fishing gear confiscated, fines would more than pay their salary . No second chances.  Assuming most people get their licenses online.  Have a couple of statements at the bottom before you can hit the purchase button that you must respond to.  I will not snag fish, keep more fish than my limit, I will keep fish in the water as much as possible, and what ever other statement they want to add.  Only then the purchase bottom is activated.  Problem solved.  No excuses for stupidity.  Education is too slow and people don't care.  Would love the here a person go home and explain to their other half that they got a 1000 dollar fine and all fishing gear taken away.  Fixed in one season.. 

well DFO has certainly closed sections of the Vedder/Chilliwack in the face of flagrant snagging of wild populations of sockeye let alone what's happened on the Fraser so I don't think it's unreasonable or dumb to suggest closures. Problem is those people will just move  to some other open part of the river.

Much of this is of "our" own making. The massive enhancement far beyond what's needed to support tidewater and freshwater fisheries of all type plus the over promotion of those same fisheries. It's no longer a 'sport' in the old sense of the word and just a money making machine.

Still maintain that they should close the Canal to fishing altogether, whats happening there now is not considered fishing .

This is the dumbest thing I've read on the internet this morning and we're barely past 9AM.

I cant even drive by an look at this gong show without becoming angry .

And of course the follow up of what the real underlying issue is.