Mornin Chubby
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Last year I ran into some guests I had successfully guided the year before in the Nootka area. I asked where they were fishing this year.
I was told that they hired a guide in thier home state of Washington. They were on thier way to Tahsis.
Whats going on here? After asking around about this activity I found that there is alot of this going on. I thought there was a law about out of country fisherman guiding in Canadian waters. Once again no enforcment. If you look hard enough you can even find advertisments promoting this.
I got some quick response to this post so here it goes. Do people realize the implications of this for local guides not to mention the lost revenue to the economy? The money brought into the province from across the border is very important to the sport fishing industry in B.C. The taxes paid to the government gives sport fishing recognition as a major contributor to the economy. How big is this problem?
Last year I ran into some guests I had successfully guided the year before in the Nootka area. I asked where they were fishing this year.
I was told that they hired a guide in thier home state of Washington. They were on thier way to Tahsis.
Whats going on here? After asking around about this activity I found that there is alot of this going on. I thought there was a law about out of country fisherman guiding in Canadian waters. Once again no enforcment. If you look hard enough you can even find advertisments promoting this.
I got some quick response to this post so here it goes. Do people realize the implications of this for local guides not to mention the lost revenue to the economy? The money brought into the province from across the border is very important to the sport fishing industry in B.C. The taxes paid to the government gives sport fishing recognition as a major contributor to the economy. How big is this problem?